Spain vs. England How Competition Over North American Land Claims Lead To War At Sea

The Northwest Passage  After Spanish Explorers Sent news of North and South America back to Europe, many other countries searched for the Northwest Passage, or a water route through North america to asia.

Explorers Who Tried to find the Northwest passage  Henry Hudson  Giovanni Verrazzano  Jacques Cartier

Fort Caroline

Elizabeth I  A Protestant who took the english throne when her sister, Queen Mary, died  Separated from the Catholic church and established the Church of England, which practiced Protestantism  Fought Spain to keep England independent and Protestant

English Sea Dogs  England’s navy was small compared to Spain’s  Ships were smaller in size but much faster than the Spanish galleon.  Elizabeth authorized ships’ captains, known as sea dogs, to attack galleons at sea  Sir Francis Drake and others raided Spanish ports and robbed Spanish ships of gold and other treasures

Defeat of the Spanish Armada

Effects of English victory over spain  1. Ensured that England would remain independent and Protestant.  2. World saw that Spain could be beaten.

More European Competition in North America  In 1608, Samuel Champlain established the fur-trading post of Quebec on the St. Lawrence River, which was the first permanent French settlement in North America  Dutch established New Netherland along the Hudson River in what we now know as New York  Fort Nassau – Albany  New Amsterdam – New York City