Drake Flashcards
Causes Spain
-Spainish cargo ships were seen as easy and defenceless to steal from to regain money spent on voyage
- drake captured lots of gold and silver before from Spain
-Elizabeth was growing more and more angry with Spain
Causes desire for wealth
-take money from Spain to regain loses and make a profit
- take gold and silver from Spain
-there were reports Spanish and Portugueses colonies were wealthy
Causes drake
-Was an experienced privateer in the Caribbean
-picked up a slave called Diego and started working with him who had local knowledge
-had lots of support and investors
Causes trade and discovery
-Hawkins brothers invested as motivation against Spain from being nearly killed
-queen supported
-new world was a big focus at the time
Consequences Spain
-drake showed courtesy to Spainish prisoners
-drakes men would sexually abuse women on Spanish ships
-Spanish king was furious and wanted drake punished
-drake showed Spain colonies were weak
Consequences drake return
-he was knighted on golden hind
- private chat with queen for hours and gave her some treasure
-became very wealthy
Consequences returned items
Returned with maps and navigational items
-spices
-gold and silver
Consequences connections
-Drake made concessions in North American from a England colony
-made connections with Maluku island