Phillip II
Goal For His Monarch In A Domestic & Foreign Policy
Domestic Goals
- Raise taxes.
- Finance his military campaigns.
- Increase income from the New World.
Foreign Goals
- Defend Catholic Europe against the Ottoman Turks and the Protestant Reformation.
- Gain victory against the Turks in 1571.
- Successfully secured his succession to the throne of Portugal.
- Fight at whatever cost rather than give up freedom of worship within his territories.