How did england’s destruction of the spanish armada in 1588 affect exploration and settlement in the new world

spain was limited by its then reduced naval power and could not expand its overseas establishment as much as it could have

i confess that there are several parts of this constitution which i do not at present approve, but i am not sure i shall never approve them: for having lived long, i have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which i once thought right, but found to be otherwise. it is therefore that the older i grow, the more apt i am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.