Elizabeth I followed two policies, encouraging English sailors like John Hawkins and Francis Drake to attack Spanish ships bringing treasures from America, disrupting Spanish trade. She also encouraged English traders to establish colonies abroad, directly leading to Britain's colonial empire in the 17th and 18th centuries.

1. 19: EXPLAIN THE TWO POLICIES
THAT ELIZABETH I FOLLOWED?
Both before and after the ARMADA, Elizabeth followed
two policies .She encouraged English sailors like JOHN
HAWKINS and FRANCIS DRAKE to continue to attack
and destroy spanish ships bringing gold, silver and
other treasures back from the newly discovered
continent of America , She also encouraged English
traders to settle abroad and to create colonies. This
second policy led directly to britain’s colonial empire
of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.