Elizabethan sailors Flashcards
Two reasons regarding trade why English sailors went on voyages to the New World
- Spain and portugals success influenced them
- The English wanted precious metals and tobacco
Two points about the Triangular Slave Trade
- Sold slaves to Spanish colonists
- John Hawkins was an English slave trader
Three inventions/improvements that aided navigation and sailing
- Mercator map
- Quadrants
- records of other sailors journeys
Two improvements to ship design
- Larger ships to carry more cargo
- square sails
Which countries were commercial rivals in the Americas and what does it mean
Spain and Portugal meant they fought over resources to trade
What was the name of the place in Virginia where Walter Raleigh aimed to establish the colony
Roanoke
Three reasons why Raleigh aimed to colonise Virginia
- A base to launch attacks on Spanish colonies
- start an English empire
- gain sugar and tobacco to make England Rich
Three points about Raleigh’s planning for the first attempt at colonisation of Virginia
- sent a fact finding expedition
- Brought back two natives to help him learn the culture
- invested his own money to encourage others
Three reasons why colonisation of Virginia failed due to problems with the voyage
- left too late in the year so no time to plant crops
- Leak on the tiger ship
- food supplies rotted
Three reasons why the colonists struggled to survive
- couldn’t use guns as gunpowder was ruined in the journey
- get rich quick attitude
- all wealthy men unused to hard work
Why were there problems with the natives
Chief wingina thought the English had evil powers because of diseases they brought over
What was the name of the Native American tribe
Algonquian
Three ways Raleigh changed the way he organised the second attempt to colonise Virginia
-sent families and women
- offered 500 acres of land as reward
- left earlier in the year
Three points about the English sailor John Hawkins
- treasurer of the English navy
- sold slaves to new world colonists
-attacked the Spanish
Three points about the English sailor the Earl of Nottingham (Lord Howard of Effingham)
- Admiral of the English navy
- led the English against the Spanish Armada
- saved cannonballs for the battle of Gravelines
Five good points about Francis drake
- he kept records which helped plan for later voyages
- his piracy funded Dutch rebels
- boosted Englands morale
Three bad points about Francis drake
- stole millions in gold and silver
- worsened relations with Spain
- Attacked the Spanish West Indies
