Sir Walter Raleigh was obviously Queen Elizabeth's favorite.  This made him very popular all around.  The Queen adored him and gave him many things: a mansion, rooms in the palace, and also she let him explore and find the New World.  She helped fund him with...

Spain was in great power during this time; in fact, it had the strongest military in the world. Spain, however did have a weak point, or disadvantage.  Without gold and other riches, Spain could not continue to thrive the way it was.  If you could stop the income of gold going to the...

    Before, piracy was like: If you see an enemy ship, you probably will attack it.  Now that strategy was not going to work.      Raleigh thought of the idea of building a fort near the Gulf Stream.  Then, before enemy ships could get to the...