Reasons For Increased Exploration

Question 1

Reasons For Increased Exploration: Spain

Answer 1

Rivals, plan to weaken Spain
financially weaken by plundering and taking gold from ships from silver mines in the ‘New World’

Question 2

Reasons For Increased Exploration: Investments

Answer 2

English Nobels and elis invested in overseas voyages to make money.
1572 F.D brought home £20000 - investors got a share

Question 3

Reasons For Increased Exploration: merchants

Answer 3

demand of english wool and cloth fell in europe
looked for new markets to sell- explore places of trade

Question 4

Reasons For Increased Exploration: Great demand

Answer 4

luxury goods from east: spices, silks, incense, cottons and perfumes
highly prized as they took long to transport and it was expensive

Question 5

Reasons For Increased Exploration: citizens duty

Answer 5

elizbethans thought it was their duty to spread protestant religion
Eg Walter Raleigh- explorer who belived Native Americans could benefit from following protestant life

Question 6

Reasons For Increased Exploration: Propaganda

Answer 6

Books presented explorers like Drake as heros- told tales
printing press enabled books to reach wider audience

Question 7

Reasons For Increased Exploration: difficulties with trade before

Answer 7

Expansion of ottoman empire made trade in the east worse
placing high taxes on goods passing through- could stop trade

Question 8

Reasons For Increased Exploration: Drakes revenge plan on circumnavigation

Answer 8

1577 F.D began 3yr journey
revenge for attack on John Hawkins fleet 1568- 4 ships lost and 300+ men

Question 9

Reasons For Increased Exploration: Religion

Answer 9

F.D Puritan wanted to weaken greatest Catholic power- Spain
this also meant England would be more secure from attack