Sailors- Elizabeth unit (2)

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Sailors
- why were sailors encouraged
  - the European cloth trade had collapsed
    - so merchants had to look to travel further in order to make a good income
  - due to explorers and discoveries people began to become interested in travel
  - Spain and Portugal lead most voyages and because of this their wealth and empire (power) grew
    - England had to compete
- Achievements
  - Trade
  - Power
  - Wealth
  - The Navy
- saliors
  - Sir Walter Raleigh
    - English sailor- 1595
    - sailed for south america
      - only reached Guiana and returned with no goods
  - Francis Drake
  - John Hawkins
    - English sailor- 1562-68
    - sailed to Africa, west Indies American
    - on 3rd voyage was captured by Spanish and lost 200 men
- threats to England
  - no.1: France
  - no.2: Spain
  - no.3: Scotland
    - no.4: Ireland
English sailor - 1577-80
- Francis Drake
- Was th first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe
no.5: Netherlands
- threats to England
  - no.1: France
  - no.2: Spain
  - no.3: Scotland
    - no.4: Ireland

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