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Why Did King Henry Grant Cabot

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King Henry is motivated to grant Cabot these rights due to Cabot’s own journeys in the past, and great traveling skills. For example, Cabot was believed to have traveled to Mecca in search of spices. Therefore, Henry VII decides to grant Cabot to travel in all directions expect for the south, because that is where the Spanish were. Cabot and his sons now had the opportunity to claim the lands that they had discovered. The King has faith in Cabot to find new lands to get money out of them. There would be so many opportunities in finding new lands. These new lands would provide them with crops, grains, fruits, etc. to bring profit for the King. The King was confident that Cabot would find these good to later bring them back to Bristol. Of course
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