But Hawkins, Drake, Ralegh, and the men behind the English guns were too strong even for the Invincible Armada.

Spain's sea-power never recovered from this terrible blow.

Englishmen could now found colonies with slight fear of the Spaniards.

When the Spanish king learned of the settlement of Jamestown, he ordered an expedition to go from St.Augustine to destroy the English colony.

But the Spaniards never got farther than the mouth of the James River.