Question

Sir Walter Raleigh

John Cabot
Henry Hudson
Sir Francis Drake

These people are associated with ___ exploration and colonization in the New World.

A) British
B) Dutch
C) French
D) Spanish

Answer 1

Sir Walter Raleigh, John Cabot, Henry Hudson, and Sir Francis Drake were all famous New world explorers and they were all from British descent. They were British explorers that helped colonize the New World. John Cabot crossed the North Atlantic near Nova Scotia, Sir Walter Raleigh provided backing for Virginia, Henry Hudson discovered the Hudson River, and Sir Francis Drake was the first to pass from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.