How did raleigh’s expeditions affect the relationship between spain and england?

Sir Raleigh was a British explorer and scholar. He was a strong supporter of colonization in America and he organized three major expeditions there. To settle those expeditions Queen Elizabeth decided to send privateers on raids against the treasure fleets of Spain because they needed to raise money.

Raleigh also fought and supported the Dutch revolution against the Spanish.

four sitting presidents have been assassinated while in office but the first was abraham lincoln,

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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