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______________ success in the America’s encouraged _____________________to think of establishing their own ____________________ across the ocean.
Christopher_____________________
had been seeking another route to____________________. The______________________ decided to look for a_____________________ sea route to East Asia instead.
In 1497, _________________an Italian employed by the ________________ was searching for this passage along the coast of ___________________.
These voyages gave ________________ a claim to ____________________. ________________ _______________________also reached America at this time.
It was the strong leadership of_____________________ who inherited the ________________ throne in 15____.
She was a ______________, __________________ leader who went forward with ____________________.
By attacking Spanish ___________________, England could weaken Spain without ________________________. The ______________ believed that such attackers were ______________. Francis ______________ was a famous “_________________” or sailors who preyed on Spanish ships.
In 1578, ________________ sailed through the _________of______________. He attacked a _____________________ capturing a fortune in ____________. He then sailed up the ______________coast of North _______________ and then across the ________________ ocean. 1

2. Chapter 2-3 THE STRUGGLE FOR EMPIRES
The king of Spain ______________ demanded Queen _______________ punish _________ when he reached ______________ in ______ . Instead she made him a _________________.
In 1585, Drake sailed again this time terrorizing __________ towns in the _________________________.
King Philip decided to attack England because he
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The king of Spain assembled the most powerful ___________ the world had ever seen. ________ ships armed with more then ___________ cannons and carrying ____________ men. In 15 ________ this Spanish _______________ sailed from _______________ to invade _________________.
The ________________ ships were smaller than the ________________ vessels and easier to maneuver. They sank many of the Spanish vessels, and ______________ finished off more.
Only about ______________ of the Armada struggled back to _____________ ports. 2

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A FALSE START AT ROANOKE
10 years before the defeat of the ___________________, Queen ______________ had issued a ____________ or document granting certain rights and powers to an English navigator named _________________________. This _______________ gave him permission to establish a settlement in the _______________.
Along with a small party of _____________, he landed on ________________ in 15__ but they did not stay and he drowned on the voyage back to ______________ when his ship sank in a __________.
In 15 __ Gilbert’s half brother, Sir Walter Raleigh, sent about ____ men to the ______________. They established a settlement on an island off the coast of modern day ___________________ and called it _____________. They made a _____ but did not plant any ________. When Sir Francis _________ stopped by in 15__ most of the ____________ went back to England with him.
The next year ___________________ sent about ____ settlers including many ___________ to Roanoke.
Just a few weeks later their leader, John White, sailed back to England for more ___________. He was unable to return right away because of the attack of the ______ ____________. When he did return in 15__ he found the ________ deserted. No one ever discovered what happened to the inhabitants of Roanoke’s “lost colony.”
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4. COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE List six plants
That passed from the America’s to Europe
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List six plants
That passed from the Europe to the America’s
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