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Henry Tutor didn't explore, but Elizabeth 1 did send Drake to harass the Spanish and Drake did find San Francisco Bay as well as trying to keep the Spanish out of the Pacific and sacking their ships. Sir Walter Raleigh did establish the Roanoke colony off the coast of South Carolina. The English wanted a foothold in the new world to off set the Spanish colonies in Florida and the Southwest.

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