They began their exploration in the new world trying to locate the northwest passage and later shifted their focus to asia. their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.
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The English began their exploration in the New World trying to locate the Northwest Passage and later shifted their focus to Asia. Their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.

The British sent John Cabot to find the Northwest passage but he failed. It was Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian sailor, who navigated through the passage from 1903 to 1906. But let's remind us that it also was the French, the Spanish, and the Dutch who sent explorers to discover the passage. In the 1500s, 1600s, the European powers wanted to find the passage to quickly transport the goods from Asia. The dived and rule policy was used by the English in many nations and was influenced by a similar policy practiced by emperor Julius Caesar during the Roman Empire.

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