What social and economic changes were happening in England in the late 1500s and early 1600s that made it a perfect setting for encouraging overseas exploration?

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A lot of shipbuilding, to compete militarily with the Dutch, Spanish, and later French, plus a strong economy built on artisanal manufacturing (chiefly cloth) and mining, plus a lot of internal strife over conscience (mostly religion), which encouraged the dissatisfied or oppressed to emigrate.