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Were the seeds of Britain’s later Imperial greatness sown during the reign of Elizabeth I?
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WERE THE SEEDS OF BRITAIN'S LATER IMPERIAL GREATNESS SOWN DURING THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH I? Arguments For During the Elizabethan period colonisation in the full sense of the term received only intermittent interest on the part of the English government. It was not central to the development of English overseas enterprise and only became one of the leading themes in the Jacobean period. Nonetheless, the period did bear witness to a great number of expeditions funded by varyingly by merchants, privateers and looters and by the Crown. Much attention was paid towards North America. There were many attempts to establish colonies and bases along the eastern coast. In the north, around Newfoundland, these were established as bases for the exploitation of the huge cod reserves just off the coast. Further south, in places such as Carolina, the island of Roanoke and Virginia (named after the chaste Queen), colonies were established...
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