french war of religion
main combatnets were
protestants france catholics
there were 7 wars that lasted over total of 36 yrs
1572 attended oriel college oxford and studied law at tje middle temple law college
in college he became interested in writing poetry
1587 walter had left with his half brother sir humphrey
there goal was to find the northwest passae
never found the passage the mission degenerated into a pricateering foray against spanish shipping
put in jail
1579-83 taleigh had fought in the service of ueen eolizabeth in ireland
his victories and ruthlessness at the siefe of smerwick and establishing english and scottish protestants in munster made him a favortite of elizabethe
known as early supporter of coloniation and wanted to start a colony in north america
even though he legally was allowed to elizabeth forbade him to leaver her service
between 1585-88 he made many trips to establish a colony near roanoke on the coast of what is now north carolina
he would hace caled it virginia
many delays quarrel disorganization and hostile indians forced some of the colonists to ecventually return to england
the setlers did bring back pottoes and obacco which ere unkown in europe at the time
a second voyage was activated
became elizabeths non favorites when he married one of her maids of honors in 1592
in him doing so she wsa put into a jealous rage and the couple were briefly in prison in the tower of london
once released went go looking for the land of gold
they only found a litle gold but was reinstated him with the queen with the help of 2 subsequent forays
at this time king james was now the leader
walter action with the spanish early on in life didnt set well wih the king
raleighs enemies were quick to taint his reputation with the new king
because of this he was charged with treason and condemed
lived in the tower of london and he even wrote his history of the world in 1614
the king eleased him in 1616 to go look for gold in south america
while he was there he invaded and pillaged spanish terrritory and was forced back to england
because of his actions he was arested and his original death sentence was for treason was invoked
Francisco bcazquez de cornado
background
born 1510 (spain)
15 yrs later traveled to new spain
married a twelve yr old and had 8 kids
explored for spain
vicero of new spain antonio de mendoza
himself
he sent two men o the north to new mexico
they returned after encountering zuni natives and with
american south west
they traveed farther north than any euroeans before
found cibola
arrived at cibola starving forced entry learned of a great river to the west
couldnt use colorado so they went east along rio grande
stayed in a village they stole from tiguex natives
man told coronado about quivira to the east he met the apaches and was told to travel north quivira
traveled far into the great plains
the pueblo Indians suffered greatly because of coronado attacking them and demanding food and shelter from them
was his exploration considered succeful
no
stories
turk
led them to the great plains
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