APUSH Chapter outline 3 and 4
Chapter 2 Outline England?s Imperial Settings: ? 1500?s: England and Spain were allies= No interest in overseas colonies. ? King Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church ?lead to religious conflict ? launching the English Protestant Reformation (Catholics vs. Protestants) ? England was now Protestant o Now rivals with the Catholic Spain ? Ireland (Catholic and under England) sought help from Spain to overthrow Protestant Queen Elizabeth of England. Lack of success= taking Irish land and giving it to the Scottish landlords. Elizabeth Energizes England: ? English seafarers, eager to promote goals of Protestantism, set to plunder Spanish treasure ships/settlements. ? After Francis Drake pirated Spanish ships for gold then circumnavigated the