What led Elizabethans like to explore

Question 1

List me 3 reasons of why Elizabethans like to explore?

Answer 1

1. Trade and plunder
2. New technology
3. Spreading ideas

Question 2

How trade and plunder led Elizabethans like to explore

Answer 2

1. Spanish found precious commodities in the Americas, but were closed to foreign traders, so expeditions often resorted to plunder (plunder)
2. John Hawkins buy slaves and sold them to Spanish colonist, making profit.

Question 3

How new technology make Elizabethans like to explore ?

Answer 3

Galleons could carry more supplies, long distances voyages is possible. Ships had gun docks to defense from pirates.

Question 4

How spreading ideas make Elizabethans like to explore

Answer 4

• English explorers spread protestant ideas to the new world.
• Explorers beliving that European technology and ideas would improve people they encountered.

Question 5

Who became the 1st Englishman to circumnavigate the globe

Answer 5

Drake

Question 6

When did Drake circumnavigate the globe?

Answer 6

1677 to 1680

Question 7

Describe Drake’s circumnavigation of the globe

Answer 7

• He raid spanish colonies and make £500 million.
• Drake lost 4 ships out of 5, but was seen as success.