Zara - British Empire Flashcards
How did Britain build an empire?
Christopher Columbus wanted to find a way to go round the world to india, while doing this, he discovered America.
Who hired Christopher Columbus?
Henry the eighth hired Columbus to get money for him.
Who was John Cabot?
He set out to find Asia and instead found America.
Where did Columbus end up?
Christopher Columbus ended up in the West Indies, in 1492
When was Christopher Columbus’ journey to The West Indies finished?
He finished his journey in 1492
What was Now Found Land?
In 1497, John Cabot sailed on the Atlantic Ocean and landed in Canada. He named this place Newfoundland because it was New Found Land.
What happened in 1607 when the first british colony in america was founded?
They sang ‘God save the king’ for the first time - It was to celebrate James I’s escape from the Gunpowder Plot.
Who was the first person to start a british empire
Sir Humphrey Gilbert.
What events happened in…
- 1600
- 1607
- 1642
- 1650
- 1655
- 1704
- 1710
- British start trading in india
- First colony in N. America
- Sugar first grown in Barbados
- British set Trading stations to
trade slaves in Africa - British defeat Spanish + Take Jamaica
- British steal Gibraltar from spanish
- The British take over canada
when did john cabot join the age of discovery
1496
what was a privateer
a sailor who had permission of queen elizabeth to attack foreign ships and steal from them
what was a pirate
a sailor who did not have permission to steal from ships and kept it all to themselves
when was blackbeard born
in the late 1600s and his real name was edward teach
when did england start a new settlement/colony
in 1584 queen Elizabeth gave permission to walter raleigh to start a colony in north america. it was called virgina
when did the puritans move to america
in 1620 102 people tried again to start a new life in north america. thirty -five were puritans,unhappy with james 1 as they were not happy with the ideas of how god should be worshipped
