Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Ferdinand George, Walter Raleigh

Sir Humphrey Gilbert was born on 1539, In Devon, England. Humphrey was the best known for claiming the first piece of land for the English from the new world, Newfoundland. Newfoundland was claimed in 1583, during the rule of queen Elizabeth I. Unfortunately, the colony did not have any gold or any real beneficial resources; therefore; it collapsed pretty quickly. The Indian population of Newfoundland during the time is unknown. Newfoundland was a Proprietary colony.

Sir Ferdinand Gorges was born in 1568 through out most of his life he was busy from the start of 1588 which was the defeat of the Spanish armada. Ferdinand Helped the British obtain new land such as maine even though he did not set foot to the Americas once. Ferdinand Claimed land for the English by providing funds for different companies (Colonies). Gorges lived most of his improtant days during the rules of King James I and king Charles I

Sire Walter Raleigh Was born in 1554. He went to go an expedition at Roanoke Island which was considered a failure. He tried again with a better group of colonizers that was governed by John White. John white was going back to England to pick up supplies but then he ran into so many delays such as the Spanish armada interfering, the crew hoping to find treasures in Cuba, and then he found out the colonists had left the settlement leaving Croatoan as a written clue, yet White was never able to investigate due to a hurricane.  

Louis Joliet

Louis Joliet

Joliet was born in September 21 1645. At the age of five and a half, Joliet had lost his father. Fortunately his mother had married a merchant soon after. Joliet's stepfather had owned land from the Ile  de Orleans where Louis would spend alot of his time there. It was also thought that since Joliet had spend so much time on the island it was more likely for him to learn a new language. Joliet then was focused in philosophical and political studies. It didnt last long for Joliet to abandon his dreams become a fur-trader instead. Lastly Joliet tried mining ores but failed in the attempt to stay in iy.
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In May 18, 1673, Louis Joliet had ventured off to an expedition with Father Jacques and 5 other voyageurs departing from St. Ignace with two canoes they went to lake Michigan and right after they went there they headed to Wisconsin's Fox River. Fox River was a marshy area with oak plain. After they went to the Fox River they ended up going to the Mississippi river. Before Louis had explored the Mississippi river everyone thought that it had led them to the Pacific Ocean, they soon found it it lead them to the Gulf of Mexico. At this time Joliet had already encountered natives studying them. Louis had also spent time getting to know different tribes and studying about them. Father Jacques had also written about their journey in his diary and he also drew a map of the country him and his party had passed through.

Joliet and his crew were concerned with encountering the Spanish explorers or colonizers  from Spain; as a result, Joliet later sailed back to the great lakes through the Illinois River, thanks to natives he found it was a shorter route to his destination. Joliet had arrived in Quebec and had shared his findings to the governor Louis de Buade Frontenac. Joliet was later consulted in the plan of the governor to colonize the land. Soon Joliet was rewarded by king George XIV with the island of Anticosti. He also made another expedition in the coast of Labrador where he visited Eskimos.