This triggered war between England and Spain, however, with the Spaniards dispatching an enormous invasion fleet, known as the Spanish Armada. It was Queen Elizabeth that presided over a sharp increase in England’s ascendancy around the world, and of the start of an enormous colonisation campaign which would lead to the creation of the United States of America and the later British Empire.ĭuring her reign, British voyagers were at the forefront of the Age of Discovery, setting off in all directions to explore the globe, discovering many new lands.Įlizabeth also supported the Protestants in the Netherlands, then under the yoke of imperial Spain. Shakespeare’s works remain to the present day the most widely read and studied literature in the world.
(Above) William Shakespeare, the world’s greatest playwright and literary giant. It was during the reign of Elizabeth I that William Shakespeare, the world’s greatest playwright and writer, lived. When Elizabeth I took the throne in 1559 AD, England entered what many consider to be her Golden Age.Įngland experienced a steep rise in international power and importance, a flowering of culture, and the Age of Discovery.Įlizabeth re-established the Church of England and extended English influence in Scotland by supporting the Protestants.
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