Francis Drake

The Speech That Led to Victory Ruler of England, Queen Elizabeth I, presented an inspiring speech before sending her troops off to battle against the men who served the King of Spain, King Philip II, in 1588. The battle was taking place in Tilbury and was occurring because both Queen Elizabeth I and King Philip II wanted the control over trade. To try and take that control, the Spanish were planning an attack on English soil. England expected the invasion and prior to the repel against them,…

England is a beautiful place to live, or even visit someday. The weather is usually cold and wet. Warm and comfortable clothes are a necessity. People throughout the ages, such as people in Elizabethan Era, wanted to be warm and stylish. The dress and clothing of Elizabethan England is a very important part of England’s history. In Elizabethan England, clothing could be bright and beautiful, or simple and plain. What clothes you wore depended on your station in life and your financial…

The Elizabethan era was a time of great importance to English history. This time period, which was when Elizabeth Ⅰ reigned over England, lasted from 1558 to 1603. But before Elizabeth claimed the throne, there were other rulers as well. Henry Ⅷ became the King of England in 1509, and in 1533 Elizabeth herself was born from Anne Boleyn, who was Henry’s queen. Unfortunately, 3 years after Elizabeth’s birth, Anne was executed because of adultery, which is when someone who is married has…

The Elizabeth Era is known for the persecution of witchcraft and the ones who practices it, know as witches. The people during this time strongly believed about supernatural creatures and things and the most of the cases women were the ones who where more accused. The Elizabethans in England believed that witchcraft was involved with the devil and was something to cause harm, when in that time people were very superstitious for explain why things happened in the way it happened. The Elizabeth…

Background The Elizabethan Era was a time Shakespeare himself lived in. From 1558- 1603 France was in a position of growing population and more upper class. Humanism was popular along with individual talent such as painting, sculpting, literature, engineering, and inventing. Elizabeth ruled France well. She gave religious tolerance, she did her best to keep young children from becoming soldiers, and promoted art and literature. Elizabeth sadly got involved with a war, according to britannia.com…

The most well known of these and most quoted statement is that knowledge is power. The man who said this was a true genius and possessed a plethora of knowledge; some people even consider him the smartest man ever to live. This man’s name is Sir Francis Drake. Was his definition of knowledge a true representation of what it is? I truly believe so. Everything a man does from the day he gets his first job to the first day of college to obtain a degree is the pursuit of knowledge in to grow one’s…

Francis Drake partook in some of the first English slaving voyages to Africa and earned a reputation for piracy against the Spanish. Sent to South America by Queen Elizabeth II in 1577, he returned home by the Pacific and thusly became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe. The queen rewarded him with knighthood. Drake died in January 1596 of dysentery. In 1567, Drake sailed to Africa in order to join the fledgling slave trade. When he sailed to New Spain to sell his captives to…

Sir Francis Drake: Pirate or Patriot? “It isn't that life ashore is distasteful to me. But life at sea is better.”-Sir Francis Drake. Sir Francis Drake was a well known exploring English Sea Captain in the late 1500’s. Drake had many expeditions around the world and was actually one of the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe. He was one of the most greatest explorers but was doubted by many even after his many accomplishments. In fact, one of the questions that still remain is “Was Sir…

riches, and knowledge. This age much like the Renaissance and the Protestant reformation was predicated on the fact that people were curious and wanted to learn, and this drive made them go look towards the sea and want to explore. I believe that Francis Drake, Francisco Pizarro, and Vasco Da Gama were all three key explorers of the time period. All three of these explorers made great advancements or had great achievements for their countries, and this is why they were crucial to the age of…

Aubrey Drake Graham, better known as Drake, is a world renowned rapper from Toronto, Canada. He is known for his Grammy winning music, his work on the television show Degrassi, and for his involvement with the communities in Canada and the NBA. Today, the ninety million dollar star is caught in the middle of a horrific murder case of his long time friend and OVO label affiliate, Fif, real name, Anthony Soares. Although the Fif’s death appears as a violent murder on an unexpecting pedestrian,…