Richard Hakluyt appealed to Queen Elizabeth I (the 1st) to begin financing more exploration and even an immediate English migration to the Americas. The English had not really explored earlier as they were torn by a religious schism for decades. When Queen Elizabeth I consolidated her kingdom with a new Church of England, she created a United Kingdom. Now Great Britain was finally in a position to consider overseas settlements.
Read over the reasons offered by Richard Hakluyt attached in the link. Then choose one reason that you believe was probably going to be the most persuasive of them all and offer a brief complete response as a comment as to why you chose that reason.
There is no correct response, we just need to substantiate our responses with evidence from our Chapter One readings. As is our pattern, reply to two others and offer feedback to those classmates.
Question: Which of Richard Hakluyt's reasons to begin English expansion appears to be the most persuasive in getting England to want to support exploration and colonization of the Americas?
I think that Richard Hakluyt third claim was probably the overall most persuasive at first. English trade, like he said, was getting more dangerous and therefore drying up. The trading in Spain was also getting less popular, because the Spanish would make them renounce their religion in order to trade in Spain. For those reasons, the Queen was probably the most interested in the America's for it's trading. Also, if Queen Elizabeth I was in charge of England in a time of lower trading, there was always a prospect of a coup or an uprising by the people. Also, the Queen probably wanted England's trade to get better for the betterment of England itself.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this. English trade was becoming less in-demand and it was important to take a risk to become a very resourceful place.
DeleteI agree. If America could start English trading back up, it would be a great venture to take part itn.
DeleteTrade is very important for a certain area to grow. It allows the receiver to increase relations with others, collect new places, and develop in ways that people haven't before. It shouldn't be a surprise why it is considered the most persuasive reason as to why exploration is important.
DeleteI agree that the third argument was adequate. This is because it showed the immense profits that the expedition would produce. Thereby incentivizing the journey to America.
DeleteI agree that the third argument was the best. The reason for this is because they would have access to resources they originally needed to trade for. This would save them money which benefits the nation.
DeleteI agree with you because trade is always what makes a society complex because if not they'll be very simple and the society economy would lower and its always the poorest people that see the effects of a turn like that.
DeleteI agree that trade was definitely a neccesary part for England and many other important countries to survive, and if trade was lost, they wouldn't be able to get the materials they needed, therefore, they needed a different place to source what they needed.
DeleteI agree, trade of these new materials, foods, and in general items from the new world is extremely valuable and can change the economy hugely
DeleteI believe that Richard Hakluyt's third claim was most persuasive. His third claim stated that if Great Britain were to venture out and explore, they could find all the goods that they desired, and could become a very resourceful people. If the English knew that if they were to acquire good from many different places, it could make England a convenient place for others to come trade with.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Having a land which could provide all the items you want seems like a very exciting and profitable venture.
DeleteI agree with you. If English chose to venture out and take the risk to possibly allow them to have many resources from America. They would be able to trade with other nations since they would have so much and this would bring them power and wealth.
DeleteI agree that this claim was the most persuasive since it says how this voyage would provide enough resources for more explorations and to trade.
DeleteI believe that Richard Hakluyt's third claim was the most persuasive out of all of the twenty-one claims he provided. He stated that the journey westward would provide all the resources of Africa, Asia, and wherever else the English would end up travelling. He also claimed that the American lands would "supply the wants of all our decayed trades." These statements meant that a venture to America would in effect provide the English people with all the items from the rest of the entire world that they could not have now. This proposition would have been very enticing to an English reign that seemed to be struggling with trades, hence why I believe it is the most persuasive of Hakluyt's claims.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this. I think the possibility of having all the items they wanted made it difficult for the English to deny the possibility of exploring.
DeleteResources are essential for the development and the prosperity of a certain place. It provides the place with riches, and they can use these resources to expand and grow.
DeleteI also think this claim was the most convincing because it says how this voyage would provide all the resources they need.
DeleteI also believe that this claim was the most persuasive, as it says that trade would provide a solution to the lack of resources the English had.
DeleteI agree because England was in dire need of resources and the americas would solve this problem
DeleteOut of all of the claims that Richard Hakluyt that he mentioned the first. The spread of religion and religious ideas is very important for the English. It can allow England to share their own ideas among the people, and therefore, there is a high possibility that they will have more allies. Religion can also change cultures and the social norms of a society, and can even determine the decisions that a certain society makes. Since the English firmly believed in Christianity, it would make sense if they wanted to spread the word of God to others.
ReplyDeleteI believe that this is also a through analyzation of England's agenda. England had recently separated from the Roman church and had incentive to spread their own religion. The need for the expansion of their religious beliefs fueled the need to journey to America.
DeleteI agree because you can see that with Spain they did the same the natives as they thought them their religion and that spread their idea through the places they conquered.
DeleteThe spread of Christianity was very important, as was an idea that was very prevalent in the colonies, which was freedom of religion.
DeleteI respectfully disagree because I think that money was more of an important factor unlike the Spanish colonization of the americas
DeleteIt was important to England that it could spread its religion out there.
DeleteI agree because religion and beliefs did really extend Europe in the past and was very influential in positive ways and negative ways but religion was always so constant with the history of Britain and all the rest of Europe. Religion would be the great claim to be very persuasive .
DeleteI believe Richard Hakluyt's 12th reason to begin English expansion appears to be the most persuasive in getting England to want to support exploration and colonization of the Americas because it lessened the fears of the Queen as well as being the most logical. The benefits of traveling to new lands let alone America are always clear. However, in order to set sail to anew land the pros must outweigh the cons. Richard's 12th argument dismantled the main fears of all sea travel. He explained how the voyage was safe and had been done many times before. He explained how it was "easy and short." This helped thwart the fears of the Queen and showed how the pros outweighed the cons.
ReplyDeleteIt does make sense for Richard Hakluyt to ease the Queen's mind in order for her to take into account all of the other valid reasons he provides.
DeleteI agree that the logic is probably better, but the overall reason is probably for trade.
DeleteI agree that this point is persuasive, but I also wonder how accurate Richard Hakluyt's arguments are.
DeleteI believe that Richard Hakluyt's 3rd claim is the most persuasive of them all. The reason I said this is because the third claim shows how Great Britain would benefit from the travels. It states, "this western voyage will yield unto us all the commodities of Europe, Africa, and Asia". Materials and agricultural products from these places will greatly help Great Britain because they will be able to have access to these resources without needing to trade with other nations and spend their money on them. This reason also states, "and supply the wants of all our decayed trades" Which further supports my first claim since its supplying the wants of decayed trades that means they are receiving the resources they used to trade for without actually needing to trade with other nations. Overall this claim is the most persuasive claim because it shows great benefits of travel and could would likely convince the queen.
ReplyDeleteThis is very persuasive because they would gain an immense amount of land and the abundance of resources the lands will provide.
DeleteI agree because the claim did make it all more desirable to Britain with the amount of resources with the trade.
DeleteI believe that his third claim is the one that persuades me the most because England didn't have much of anything. they didn't have great amounts of gold or extremely fertile land. yes they could build societies but they had no raw materials. inn the book they tell us that England was behind all the other European countries due to not just the lack of materials but because England as a society wasn't ready to conquer. England had to unify themselves and join together spirituality and morally because unlike queen Isabella and Ferdinand who quickly took over by making their kingdom of Spain unified. England on the other didn't have internal change until queen Elizabeth jumped in. the quote also says that they'll be able to gets all the materials they have only dreamed of until then. He says like Africa and Asia because at that time they had the most raw materials and most trade items ei6her came from there or crossed through there.
ReplyDeleteI think greed is a huge factor in society now and back then. Greed payed a huge role in the founding of America. The English wanted more land, wealth, power, and resources. Another reason persuading them to make such a perilous journey to America.
DeleteI think that Richard Hakluyt's third claim is the most persuasive. This claim says how by traveling westward they'd get enough resources to travel anywhere they'd like to. Claim three also said that by traveling westward it would "...supply the wants of all our decayed trades." In this claim he's saying that this voyage would provide enough resources to travel and to trade with other people.
ReplyDeleteI think that it does make a lot of sense that England would find having enough resources a main value and therefor the most persuasive argument.
DeleteI believe his Richard Hakluyt's 3rd claim was most persuasive. What drew other civilization to the Americas was the untouched land that could be harvested and made use out of. The urgency needed to establish territory and rule the Americas would be a great motivator to make Queen Elizabeth act.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Richard Hakluyt's third claim is the claim that is the most convincing. The claims says that by traveling, they could get more resources, as well as more land. Gold, natural minerals, and land, could all be easily garnered by expanding outward and Great Britain would easily profit off this without gaining losses by war or trade instead.
ReplyDeleteI agree, and he was right -- the colonies ended up being incredibly success economically.
DeleteI believe that Richard Hakluyt's third claim is the most convincing. England did not really have anything. It benefited from the westward travels. He also stated that travels to the America's would give the English the resources they currently did not obtain. This would really benefit England, as stated in the book, England was not the most advanced nation. In fact, it was behind most European countries . This is why I believe that his third claim is the most conivncing.
ReplyDeleteyes, I also agree and the other claims were more short term political claims
DeletePoint three is also very important, as the expansion of England's power would be persuasive.
DeleteRichard Hakluyt's thirteenth claim is the most persuasive. This claim explains how travel to the New World will skyrocket the English economy. Their commerce "shall mightily be enlarged by the toll, excises, and other duties which without oppression may be raised." Exploring this unfamiliar territory would create new relationships for trade that would increase their commerce. They would also most likely conquer land that would expand their trade routes and the types of goods they exchange. Richard Hakluyt's thirteenth claim elucidates best the reason for traveling to the New World because it shows the benefit it would have on their economy.
ReplyDeleteThis point was probably very important to England due to the fact that they didn't have a sufficient amount of trade routes before expansion.
DeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Richard Hakluyt's third claim is his most powerful. The colonies ended up being largely successful, and their wealth even exceeded that of mainland England at one point. England was small, and in Europe, they held a lot of power, but not a lot of land. If they colonized, they would spread and grow the size of their economy by growing trade routes. While all of the arguments are persuasive, they focus on things very specific to England, while economic growth is a reason for any country to spread and colonize.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I agree with your point, I don't think he knew that they would be that successful at the time.
DeleteI think that this is a good point, and they did end up acquiring a lot of wealth.
DeleteThe third claim is just naturally the most persuasive, partly because many of the others are based on political gains of that time, and while they are important, having raw materials, being the first to gain access to a new world and new materials is incredibly useful, because if you gain a monopoly on an item, even if It doesn't have much use, you can dictate the price, and control how much of it is spread, because its an exciting piece of a New world. If what they find is valuable, the same applies, so long term economic gain is better than short term political gain
ReplyDeleteI think that the third reason is the most persuasive because English society was very oriented around money and resources were incredibly were incredibly tight for a small island nation and extra resources for a European nation would have been incredibly useful. Also there were new items in the new world never seen before that the English could make a monopoly on that could be incredibly useful.
ReplyDeleteI agree, there are definitely some things that would be very useful to them and they could gain other useful things if they were to trade.
DeleteI think that Richard Hakluyt's third claim was the most persuasive. His third claim, the English Trade said that if Great Britain were to venture out and explore, they can find all the goods that they desired. This claim makes all of the English people to be more resourceful towards their lifestyles. This would make all of American a the most interesting based in the trading of their resources towards Britain.
ReplyDeleteYeah , but they didn't really know what resources lied within the Americas.
DeleteDue to how religious England was, I feel like point one would be the most persuasive. The Church of England was large and influential to the people of England, which also included the spread of said religion. Spreading the religion would be in the minds of most English poeople, which is why I find point one most persuasive.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this point would be very persuasive to the common folk, but I wonder if it would be as persuasive to the Queen.
DeleteI think that, due to the philosophy of mercantilism in Europe, point 3 is the most persuasive. Mercantilism prioritized reducing imports and increasing exports, which access to other resources would do.
ReplyDeleteI agree because according to mercantilism, wealth was finite, and if one country got richer, another country had to get poorer. England probably felt that if it got richer, its rivals, like Spain and France, would get poorer.
DeleteI think that Richard Hakluyts first claim would be the most persuasive argument for the English, because they wanted to spread their religion. Also in the end he was right and they ended up spreading their religion all over the Americas
ReplyDeleteRichard Hakluyt's most persuasive reason to begin English expansion is in his 4th claim. This claim includes the idea that by starting an oversees settlement will "manifold employment of numbers of idle men, and for breeding of many sufficient, and for utterance of the great quantity of the commodities of our Realm." It gives the reasoning that it will increase commodities which are very important to create a prosperous economy. As well as this it will put unemployed people to work which will ultimately benefit England by having the unemployed population benefit society instead of England spending money to fix this issue. This claim will overall create an economically sound kingdom which is an important value for England as a whole.
ReplyDeleteI think that colonization would bring more jobs, but this is also due to the increase in trade though expanding markets, because trading gave more employment opportunities like those who helped transport goods along the trade routes.
DeleteThe first reason seems more realistic to me. Richard Hakluyt most likely wanted to colonize the Americas to find new ingredients to trade with, as we know the Europeans loved trade.
ReplyDeleteRichard Hakluyt's third reason was probably going to be the most persuasive of them because if England expands its trade, it will profit. It will have more places to export its goods to, and have access to more raw ingredients for making products. Also, this leads to more employment because there will be people needed to help transport goods along trade routes. This is the most important reason because trade was what determined the success of an economy in this period.
ReplyDelete