=The Leading Facts.= _1._ John Cabot, trying for a short route to
India, discovered what is supposed to be Labrador, or Cape Breton.
_2._ On a second voyage he coasted along eastern North America as
far south as the Carolinas. _3._ Later, England claimed all North
America. _4._ Francis Drake sailed to the Pacific in the _Pelican_
and then turned northward after the Spanish gold ships. _5._ He
wintered in California, and then started across the Pacific--the
first Englishman to cross. _6._ Drake reached England, and was
received with great joy. _7._ Once more Drake went to fight the
Spaniards, until the Great Armada attacked England. _8._ Walter
Raleigh, a student, a soldier, and a seaman, won the favor of the
queen. _9._ He hated the Spaniards, and planted settlements in what
is now North Carolina. _10._ What was Raleigh's prophecy?
=Study Questions.= _1._ Tell the story of John Cabot before he came
to England. _2._ What did Cabot want to find when he sailed away
and what did he find? _3._ How was Cabot treated by King Henry VII,
according to a "Citizen of Venice," after he returned? _4._ Why was
little attention given to the new lands by the English?
_5._ Prove that Spanish and English sailors did not like each
other. _6._ Who was Francis Drake? _7._ What was Magellan after
and what was Drake after? _8._ Find out why Drake renamed his ship
the _Golden Hind_. _9._ Tell the story of Drake's voyage from
Valparaiso to Oregon. _10._ Tell the story of the voyage across the
Pacific and how he was received at home. _11._ What did Drake do
when he missed the "Gold Fleet"? _12._ What did Drake mean when he
said he had "singed the King of Spain's beard"? _13._ What became
of the Spanish Armada, and what effects did its failure produce?
_14._ What other brave man went to America before the Armada was
destroyed? _15._ Give the early experiences of Raleigh before he
was thirty. _16._ Make a mental picture of the cloak episode. _17._
Explain how kind the Indians were; how did the English repay the
Indians? _18._ What did the colonists take home with them? _19._
Who was the first white child of English parents born in America?
_20._ How did the destruction of the Armada affect Englishmen who
wanted to go to America? _21._ Read in other books about Raleigh's
death. _22._ How did the English treatment of the Indians compare
with that of the Spaniards?
=Suggested Readings.= CABOT: Hart, _Colonial Children_, 7-8;
Griffis, _Romance of Discovery_, 105-111.
DRAKE: Hart, _Source Book of American History_, 9-11; Hale,
_Stories of Discovery_, 86-106; Frothingham, _Sea Fighters_, 3-44.
RALEIGH: Hart, _Colonial Children_, 165-170; Pratt, _Early
Colonies_, 33-40; Wright, _Children's Stories in American History_,
254-258; Higginson, _American Explorers_, 177-200; Bolton, _Famous
Voyagers_, 154-234.
THE MEN WHO PLANTED NEW FRANCE IN AMERICA, FOUNDED QUEBEC, EXPLORED THE
GREAT LAKE REGION, AND PENETRATED THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY