Richard Hakluyt Makes the Case for English Colonization, 1584 Richard Hakluyt used this document to persuade Queen Elizabeth I to devote more money and energy into encouraging English colonization. In twenty-one chapters, summarized here, Hakluyt emphasized the many benefits that England would receive by creating colonies in the Americas.   A particular discourse concerning the … Continue reading Richard Hakluyt Makes the Case for English Colonization, 1584