Praxis II Citizenship

Answer: C - In 1497 Italian explorer John Cabot, sailing on behalf of England’s Henry VII, reached mainland North America. Most present-day historians agree that he likely landed on what is now Newfoundland. As a result of Cabot’s success, England made an early claim to Canada, which allowed later English explorers easy access to the rest of North America, facilitating unprecedented growth to the English empire in the New World.