Who were Elizabeth I's 'Sea Dogs'?
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- In this lesson, we will learn about who the Elizabethan Privateers were and their actions in South America and the Caribbean.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What religion was Philip II of Spain?
Protestant
Q2.
Which of these was NOT a reason for the tensions between England and Spain?
Both monarchs supporting plots against the other
Philip being rejected as a husband by Elizabeth I
Religious differences
Q3.
The Pope allowed Spain to take and control any areas of the 'New World' if...?
The land was uninhabited
The people weren't running their government in a Spanish style
They were in America
Q4.
The English Privateers did what in the Spanish Empire...?
Explored the areas making maps
Tried to conquer their own areas of the empire
Worked with the local people to overthrow the Spanish
Q5.
Richard Hackluyt the Elizabethan writer said of the Spanish Empire...?
That he would as part of his travel writing quite like to visit.
That it was too large and the treatment of enslaved peoples was cruel.
5 Questions
Q1.
How did Diego help Sir Francis Drake?
He introduced Sir Francis Drake to the career of privateering.
He introduced Sir Francis Drake to the idea of raiding Spanish treasure as it travelled across Panama.
He introduced Sir Francis Drake to the local Spanish leaders in Panama.
Q2.
What does it mean when we say Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe?
He travelled for a long time.
He travelled part way around the world.
Q3.
What was Roanoke?
The first group of people Sir Francis Drake met in Panama
The first group of people the English encountered in America
Q4.
Sir Walter Raleigh was obsessed with?
Finding a route to India
Finding a way to establish English colonies
Q5.
What was a Privateer?
A sailor who sailed for his own private profit