elizabeths sailors

• What were English sailors interested in during Elizabeth's reign?

  Voyages of discovery
• What opportunities did English sailors recognize in America and Asia?

  econimic opportunities
• Who were the first to explore the world after Elizabeth became queen?

  The Portuguese and Spanish
• When did Elizabeth become queen?

  1558
• When did English sailors begin to take interest in global exploration?

  1560
• What was significant about the Spanish trade and its american colonies?

  It was very profitable
• What did privateers hope to gain from their voyages?

  Wealth
• Who was the first English privateer to engage in slave trading?

  Hawkins
• What did Hawkins do in 1560?

  Made slave-trading voyages
• Why did Spanish tensions rise with English sailors?

  Hawkins' activities threatened Spanish colonies
• What happened to Hawkins' last expedition?

  It was confronted by a Spanish ship
• What was the goal of Drake's expedition?

  To explore South America for colonization
• What did Drake do after exploring the South American coastline?

  Returned by a different route as spanish had sent ships to intercept him
• How did Drake navigate back to England?

  sailed west Across the Pacific Ocean to indonesia.made his way across the indian ocean,round the cape of good hope and back to england
• What recognition did Drake receive upon returning to England?

  He was knighted by Elizabeth
• What impact did Drake's success have on English sailors?

  Encouraged long-distance journeys
• What was the significance of Drake's circumnavigation?

  It was the second successful global circumnavigation
• What challenges did Drake face during his expedition?

  Navigation without accurate maps
• What caused many sailors to die during Drake's journey?

  Disease
• What weather conditions affected Drake's expedition?

  Bad weather delayed ships
• Who was Walter Raleigh?

  A member of a gentry family
• What permission did Elizabeth grant Raleigh in 1584?

  To colonize unclaimed territories
• What colony did Raleigh attempt to establish?

  Roanoke
• What happened to the Roanoke colony?

  settlers ran low on supplies and most of them abonded the colony and returned back to England.. Another group of planters reached Roanoke in 1587 and they expected supplies but the fleet was delayed by the Spanish armada. When the supplies reached Roanoke all the planters had disappeared and Roanoke became the lost colony
• What were the conditions of the Roanoke colony?

  Poorly supplied and managed
• What happened to Raleigh later in life?

  He was imprisoned and banished from court because elizabeth found out he was secretly married her ladies in waitings.
• How did Raleigh continue to influence politics after imprisonment?

  He remained active in royal circles
• what did james lancaster do?

  -sailed to india around the cape of good hope.following his succes the east india company was set up in 1600 to trade with asia