The date of its discovery is still kept as a national
holiday in England.[24]
[24] See _The Gunpowder Plot_, page 310.
Then in 1607 came the fruition of Raleigh's efforts and those of Drake,
the beginning surely of a new era. Spain being no longer able to oppose,
a new colony was sent out from England to Virginia. It settled at
Jamestown, and began the successful colonization of the United
States.[25] The next year, the French, supported by their great king
Henry IV, made a similar beginning. Quebec was founded by them on the
St. Lawrence.[26] The era of American discovery was over, and that of
American settlement was come.
[25] See _Settlement of Virginia_, page 350.
[26] See _Founding of Quebec_, page 366.
[FOR THE NEXT SECTION OF THIS GENERAL SURVEY SEE VOLUME XI]
ENGLAND LOSES HER LAST FRENCH TERRITORY
BATTLE OF ST. QUENTIN
A.D. 1558
CHARLES KNIGHT
From 1347, when it was taken by Edward III, Calais remained a
stronghold of England until it was retaken for France by the Duke
of Guise (Francois de Lorraine), in 1558. With the surrender of
Calais the English lost their last foothold in French territory.
Weary with the long tumults and wars of his reign, Charles V in
1555 resigned all his crowns to his son, Philip II of Spain, and
his brother Ferdinand, King of Bohemia and Hungary.
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