Chapter 4 - English Colonization

Question 1

Elizabeth I

Answer 1

• Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
• Became queen in 1558
• Her refusal to marry kept a foreign monarch from interfering in English affairs.
• After she refused King Phillip II of Spain, Spain went to war with England.
• England won the war, giving it naval supremacy around the world.
• She died in 1603

Question 2

Francis Drake

Answer 2

• A English pirate who, in 1577, sailed his ship, The Golden Hind, across the Atlantic coast of the Spanish Empire and plundered every port he encountered.
• Circumnavigated the globe.
• Arrived back in England in 1580
• Played an instrumental role in defeating the Spanish Armada in 1588.

Question 3

Sir Walter Raleigh

Answer 3

• Established the colony of Virginia, which was named after the virgin queen Elizabeth.
• Published a book, Discourse concerning western planting, which explained the rationale for English colonization.
• Beheaded by James I