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Describe Elizabeth's attempts to expand overseas trade.
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- 1What empires were dominant during the Elizabethan Age?The Spanish and Portuguese
- 2What did the Elizabethans challenge in the Spanish main?They challenged the Spanish monopoly of trade
- 3Who tried to establish a overseas colony in Roanoke, Virginia?Sir Walter Raleigh
- 4Why did Sir Walter Raleigh try to establish an overseas colony?So that there could be trade between that area and Britain.
- 5Who did the Elizabethans expand trade with?Russia and the East Indies
- 6When and why was the East India Company set up?In 1600 to trade with India and the Far East
- 7As well as establishing overseas colonies, what else did Elizabethans do to expand overseas trade?Explored many sea routes around the oceans such as the north-west passage.
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