THE RACE FOR EMPIRES

THE RACE FOR EMPIRES

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• WOULD YOU LEAVE YOUR HOMELAND BECAUSE OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS?

DURING THE 1400S THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WAS THE MOST POWERFUL INSTITUTION IN EUROPE

• Disagreements about religion • Several nations began to compete for land and

power overseas • Many turmoil’s led to war

MARTIN LUTHER…

HE was a German priest in 1517 that publicly critisized the Roman Catholic Church.

He charged that the church was too wealthy and that it abused its powers.

He started the Protestant Reformation. It was a religious movement!

PROTESTANTS COME ON THE SCENE AND THEY ARE PROTESTING!!!

• Many believed that God meant for religion to be simple.

OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• THIS CREATED GREAT CONFLICT BETWEEN CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANTS

• King Henry VIII founded the Church of England often challenged the Catholic faith and even the pope! This ANGERED MANY!

• AT THE SAME TIME THE KING OF SPAIN, KING PHILLIP II, WANTED TO DRIVE ALL PROTESTANTS OUT OF ENGLAND!

• QUEEN ELIZABETH I WAS TRYING TO STOP THE KING OF SPAIN FROM PUSHING PROTESTANTS OUT!

ENGLAND AND SPAIN GO HEAD TO HEAD!

• SPAIN SENDS THE SPANISH ARMADA TO TAKE DOWN ENGLAND!

• The Armada had about 27,000 sailors and soldiers. This mighty fleet was launched to invade England and overthrow Queen Elizabeth and the Anglican Church.

WHO WON?

• In July 1588, the much smaller, but faster, English fleet defeated the Armada in a huge battle

ENGLAND WON!

THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR SPAIN!

• OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE FRANCE, NETHERLANDS, AND ENGLAND STARTED CHALLENGING SPANISH POWER

AT THE SAME TIME MANY EXPLORERS WHERE LOOKING FOR THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE

• A water route through North America that would allow sailors to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

WHERE? NORTHWEST PASSAGE

NO ONE CAN FIND IT!!!

• 1. JOHN CABOT (England)2. Giovanni da Verrazano (France) 3. Jacques Cartier (France)4. HENRY HUDSON (Dutch)

WE WOULDN’T FIND THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE UNTIL MUCH..MUCH LATER!

• 1850s that Sir Robert McClure

• Not until 1903-06 did a single ship make the entire trip through the passage. This was accomplished under the leadership of the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen

ENGLAND REALLY STARTED TAKING AN INTEREST IN NORT AMERICA!

IN THE LATE 1500s SIR WALTER RALEIGH CHARTED A COLONY

HE LANDED IN PRESENT DAY VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA

IN 1584

In 1585 Raleigh sent another group of setters to Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina.

They found life VERY hard! They fought with Native Americans and had trouble finding and growing food

CROATOAN???????

• FIRST ENGLISH COLONY OF ROANOKE

VANISHES!• WHERE DID THEY GO?• WHERE THEY KILLED?

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