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English Colonial ExpansionSubtitle
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Beginnings of the British Empire
• Political unrest prevented the English from pursuing overseas empires in the 16th century.
• During the 1600s this changed and by the 1760s, the British became the largest empire in the world at the time.
Early Explorers
• John Cabot: explored the coasts of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and possibly New England giving G.B. its first North American land claims.
• Sir Francis Drake: trader and pirate. Embarked on voyages of exploration. Known for plundering ships of other countries. Was backed financially by Elizabeth I.
• Drake and other pirates secured G.B. seafaring tradition.
Sir Francis Drake
The British in India- the British East India Company
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRQE44FClgQ
Clip Questions1. Which monarch started the East India Company?
2. What was the company’s purpose?
3. How did it end?
The British in America
• Slow to develop colonies in the Americas.
• Spent a lot of time looking for the Northwest Passage, a route that would take them straight to the far east without sailing around Africa or S. America.
• Henry Hudson was one of the first to search for the Passage.
British Settlements
• The “lost colony of Roanoke”(1585): failed
• Jamestown (1607): eventually successful
• Plymouth (1620): successful
• Why come to America?– Religion
– Wealth
– No choice
• By 1700, G.B. would control large territories of land both along the Atlantic and in parts of Canada..
Exit Slip
• Why is the saying “the sun never sets on the British empire” appropriate during the period between 1600-1750?