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* primary motive = direct access to South and East Asian markets | * primary motive = direct access to South and East Asian markets | ||
=== British John Cabot expedition 1497 === | === British John Cabot expedition 1497 === | ||
* several explorations | * several explorations starting 1497, abandoned due to domestic British situations | ||
* Cabot did not find minerals or route to China | |||
| cell style="width:60%" |'''Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events''' | | cell style="width:60%" |'''Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events''' | ||
'''BIG IDEAS''' | '''BIG IDEAS''' | ||
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| '''PERIOD / TIMELINE''' | | '''PERIOD / TIMELINE''' | ||
* | * 1583: English claim Newfoundland | ||
* 1585: first English settlement at Roanoke, VA, | |||
* 1587: "Lost colony" of Roanoke (abandoned by 1590) | |||
* 1603: King James I crowned | * 1603: King James I crowned | ||
* 1606 First Charter of Virginia | * 1606 First Charter of Virginia |