chapter 10: England enter enter the race for America

War of roses

30 years struggle between the house of Lanchester and the House of York for control of England in the 1400s

Newfoundland

Island of the Colombian coast Dyczko discovered in 1497 by John Cabot, who claimed it for England.

Virgin Queen

Name given to Queen Elizabeth because she never married

Elizabeth Sea dogs

English pilots like Francis Drake, John Hawkins, Martin Frobisher who plunged Spanish treasure ships with the approval of Queen Elizabeth, who received a portion of the plunder

Spanish Armada

Great Spanish fleet, which was sent to conquer England in 1588 what was destroyed by sea dogs and storms

Proprietary Right

The right to own property such as a colony

Henry VII

Victor in the English war of roses who established a new royal line, the Tudors, to unite, both former warring factions

John Cabot

Italian map maker and navigator, whose voyages for Henry formed the base of English claims to North America

Philip II

King of Spain and husband of English queen Mary, who watched the Spanish Armada against England, in an attempt to capture the English throne for himself destroy Protestantism And return England to Roman Catholicism

Sir Francis Drake

English sea dog who rated Spanish treasure ships helped save England from the Spanish Armada. It was the first captain to survive a voyage around the world.

John Hawkins

English sea dog who became the first English slave trader helped save England from the Spanish Arvada and was elected A member of the House of Commons

Merchant Frobisher

English sea dog who search unsuccessfully for a northwest passage through North America to the Orient

Sir Humphrey Gilbert

English navigator who tried unsuccessfully to establish the first English colony in North North America

Sir Walter Raleigh

Half brother of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, who carried on Gilbert’s desire to plant the first English colony in North America and who named Virginia after Queen Elizabeth

Richard Hakluyt

American minister and geographer who Wrote pamphlet Arguing that England had an obligation to explore and colonize for the purpose of carrying the gospel of Christ to the Indians

Samuel purchas

Anglican minister who promoted the idea of English colonizing for national honor, defense, profits, scientific discovery, and the glory of God