CHAPTER 5: Challenges to Spanish Power (1497-1610)

1 Search for a Northwest Passage:

The Voyage of John Cabot, French Explorations, and Henry Hudson's Voyages.

2 The Religious Challenge:

The Reformation, Protestants in Florida, and The Spanish Respond.

3 English Challenge at Sea:

Conflict With Spain, Drake and the Sea Dogs, and The Spanish Armada.

4 The First English Colony:

An English "Planting", The Founding of Roanoke, A Second Attempt, The Mystery of Roanoke, and The Lesson of Roanoke.

CHAPTER 6