Sir Francis Drake sailed along the west coast of the United States, landing in 1579 and spending time in what is now California.
Henry vii hired Giovanni Caboto, an Italian navigator known in English as John Cabot; he sailed the Atlantic and claimed Canada for England. This is considered the start of the British Empire.
The explorer who claimed the territories of the East Coast of Australia for the British Crown in 1770 was James Cook, who claimed this territory in the name of King George III of England. The name he gave to this territory was 'New South Wales'. The colonization of Australia by the British lasted from year 1788 to 1900, so, there were three kings and a queen who ruled the country and the colonized territories during that time frame: King George III, King George IV, King William IV and Queen Victoria, who ruled from 1837 to 1901.
Because Cabot was exploring for England, and the other countries could not encroach upon the territory he claimed unless they wanted to start a war with England.
They divided the territory into provinces
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Fighting began when the king of France tried to take the territory claimed by England in southern France and England also claimed the territory.
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they claimed and colonized territory in central america
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John Cabot
Fighting began when the king of France tried to take the territory claimed by England in southern France and England also claimed the territory.
The explorer who claimed territory for the Dutch was Henry Hudson. He discovered both the Hudson River in present-day New York and Hudson Bay in Canada while searching for a Northwest Passage to Asia.
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John Cabot was an Italian explorer commissioned by England. He landed in North America in the late 1400s and claimed the land for England.