Trade and Elizabethan World Flashcards
What were her 4 trading patterns??
Internal trade more than important than external ( coal from tyne )
Increased imports of range of forign luxuries
Decline in Antwerp cloth trade to Amsterdam - cecil wanted to end relicence on one thing
Limited attempts to expand far to Russia.
Who is John Hawkin??
Key trader/privater for Liz - guinea, south america + mexico
What was Hawkins like in Guinea??
Became starting point for trade to Americas
Invented English Slave trade in 1562
Planned 3 expeditions to transport slaves to Americas
What happened on the inital expaditions??
First two expeditions were financially successful
Angered Spanish authorities
Second expedition ( 1564 ) - secured substantial backing from courtiers - Earl of Leicester
Supplied with ships by Queen
How did hawkins trade end??
Third expedition - royal support but disaster
Blockaded in Mexico - San Juan de Ulúa (Spanish)
Some small portion of gold made it to England - further antagonised Spanish relations
What was the wool trade like??
1580s: wool trade moved from southern to northern Netherlands
More trade with the Ottomans
Palliser - england reamined backward in its exploitation of trading oppertunities
Who was eager to explore??
Humphrey Gilbert suggeted north america
Richard Hakluyt - encouraged it through A discourse of western planting
Walter Raleigh friend of above presented it to the queen
What was Early of Virginia??
1585 - Raleigh had investors ( Walsingham )
2 expitdiations - Roanoke Island - Poor Organisation + Bad luck
Liz reluctant to prioritise while at war with Spain.
