The Race to Explore North America

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The Race to Explore North America page 35
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2. What did Spanish Explorers search for?

• Native American civilizations as rich as the ones
  they found in Mexico and Peru.

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1. What did England and France search for?

• England and France searched for the Northwest
  Passage
• Although the Northwest Passage doesnt exist,
  explorers looked for it for centuries. President
  Jefferson ordered Lewis and Clark to find it when
  they explored the Louisiana Purchase in 1803!
• Television series from the 1950s ----?

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3. What angered Spain?

• The Spanish were angered when England and France
  made land claims in North America.

Spain had claimed all they grey areas and
Portugal the lighter ones in the Treaty of
Tordesillas in 1494 ---?
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4. What kind of tension was there in Europe
between Spain, England and France?

• Religious conflicts were a source of tension
  between Spain, England and France.

• Spain was Catholic and England had replaced the
  Catholic Church with the Church of England
  under King Henry VIII.

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5. What did these conflicts lead to?

• These conflicts led to fighting in North America.

Spanish soldiers killed each and every French
soldier at Fort Caroline in Florida in 1568
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6. What became one of the battlegrounds between
the Spanish and the French?

• Florida

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7. What did the Spanish do when they found
French settlers at Fort Caroline?

• The Spanish massacred the French Settlers.

Primary source The Spanish attack the French
settlement at Fort Caroline -----?
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Spain and England Clash
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1. What else besides religious differences led
to conflict between Spain and England?

• English piracy against Spanish trade

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2. List two reasons why Queen Elizabeth fought?

• Queen Elizabeth fought to defend England and to
  challenge Spains power at sea.
• Spain Catholic
• EnglandProtestant
• During the 1500s this was like cats and dogs!

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3. What were the daring English sailors known
as?

• They were known as sea dogs

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4. What did the Sea Dogs use to attack the big
Spanish ships?

• The English used small ships called privateers
  to to attack the Spanish ships.

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Privateers were small but fast private ships that
attacked Spanish ships with Queen Elizabeths
blessingskind of like pirates with permission.
Sea dogs was a name for the more famous
privateers.
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5. What were the bulky Spanish ships called?

• The Spanish ships were called Galleons

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7. What did Francis Drake do?

• Francis Drake raided Spanish ports in South
  America
• Francis Drake was made a Knight by Queen
  Elizabeth for this. Thats why he was called
  Sir.

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6. Who was the first English Sea Dog to sail
around the world?

• Sir Francis Drake

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8. What did the Spanish King do in the summer of
1588?

• The Spanish King sent a large fleet of Spanish
  warships called the Spanish Armada to
• Conquer England
• Make England be Catholic again

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List two important effects of Englands victory
over Spain

• England remained Protestant
• The world saw that Spain could be beaten