=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.