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• The Silk Road was a trade route 4000 mi long that connected China with Turkey, India, Persia and Arabia and it joined with the Great Royal Road (main trade route in India).
• The Chinese Emperor Yongle sent Zheng He on 7 expeditions in an attempt to gain gifts and political recognition, but not to conquer new lands
• Progressive imperialism is when a country expands its land under the belief by doing this they will be improving the lives of others
• Economic imperialism is when a country tries to expand its land because it needs trade and more money
• Preclusive imperialism is when a country tries to expand its land to prevent other countries from taking/gaining influence
• sir francis drake sailed around around the glove
• john cabot went in search of the north west passage and discovered newfoundland in Canada
• john hawkins became the first british sailor to take part in the slave trade from africa
• walter raleigh founded virginia in north america
• martin frobisher sailed for china and india but ended up in baffin island, canada
• jamestown was established in 1607 by 104 settlers as the first permanent english settlement in america. in 1609-10, 60 of the settlers starved to death over the winter, a period the survivors called 'the starving time'
• pocahontas married a man named john rolfe and they had a son named thomas. her first husband was killed by samuel argall, the deputy-governor of virginia
• christopher columbus was born in italy. his real name was cristoforo colombo.
• columbus had his voyage paid for by ferdinand and isabella of spain
• he made 4 voyages to the area, one of which went to central america
• columbus journey to discover america was in 1492-93
• roanoke was the first attempt at a british settlement in america, however it failed
• historians have many theories as to what happened to the settlers including: disease or famine, killed by the local croatoan tribe, killed in a terrible storm, killed by spanish raiders, lost at sea attempting to sail home or moved to live with the local croatoan tribe