Same Actions Different Century

While reading a CNN article I stumbled upon an article that wondered me. Currently there is a war going on. It doesn’t involve America, but were still involved. There is currently Russian troops invading Ukraine. This a is a sick attempt of what we have seen so much in history, invading a country to gain more land. After only 3 weeks after hosting the Olympics, a time of peace and love of sports, Vladimir Putin sent 30,000 troops to the Ukraine border. During this years class in history, we have noticed many different countries try to do this. One that I most remember is the Spanish Armada. The Spanish Armada is similar to the attacks by Vladmir Putin. I read about the Spanish Armada in our textbook and the website shown below.The BBC link I took notes on was very helpful. It clearly showed the events that occured. What is the Spanish Armada? The Spanish Armada was an attack of England by boat. Spain, led by King Philip who was catholic, wanted to attack and gain control of England, who at the time was protestant. The current leader of England, Queen Elizabeth would not allow her country to be took from her. Not only was it a war over religion, Elizabeth’s sister, Mary, said if she were to come to throne, Philip were to come to power. Elizabeth had her beheaded. This was years before the armada, but you could say it gave Philip a grudge. So Spain got there ships ready, and they set sail for England with 130 ships. When they arrived in England, English ships chased them up the channel. The English sent burning ships at the Armada, and caused them to sail away. The Spanish soldiers were left in the Netherlands! After this, they tried sailing back to Spain by going north of Scotland. They encountered bad weather and some ships crashed. Only half of the armada returned to Spain. Many people said that it was weather that caused them to win, not the superiority of the English. Vladimir Putin was very much like King Philip of Spain. Both don’t like whats going on in another country, religiously. Will this be the last war based on religion? Of course not, because there will always be more than one way to live, and some people try to change your views and how you live your life. The English and Ukraines are similar too. Both are living perfectly happy, and want to be undisturbed. Sadly, in todays case, more lives will be affected. We study history so we don’t repeat the past. In today’s world, we shouldn’t have wars over race, religion, or skin color. In our case, the Spanish armada and Vladimir Putin both tried to get others to change religion. If it weren’t for people like Barack Obama and queen Elizabeth, who try to stop these attacks, earth would be a more war-struck world. Both leaders had different religions and both were in different centuries.

citation: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Tall_ship_Christian_Radich_under_sail.jpg bibliography: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/tudors/adams_armada_01.shtml