English Attempts to Colonize
North Carolina
Sir Walter Raleigh’s Mission
“To discover and inhabit strange lands”
Vocabulary
 Colony
 Lost Colony
 Amadas and Barlow
 Lane Colony
 White Colony
 Virginia Dare
Colonies could provide wealth, to strengthen
England to a world power!
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Sir Walter Raleigh
1584- Sir Walter Raleigh, inherited a
patent to Colonize the New World
from his half brother.
Amadas and Barlowe
In 1584, Sir Walter
Raleigh sent Philip
Amadas and Arthur
Barlowe to explore
the New World.
The expedition
landed near present
day Nags Head,
N.C. in July.
Amadas and Barlowe (continued)
3 days after landing they
were visited by Roanoke
Indians
Indians took the English
to Roanoke Island, the
land was fertile and
abundant with game and
fish
Amadas & Barlowe Go Home
Upon their return to England, Amadas & Barlowe impressed the
queen with the wonders of America. MANTEO & WANCHESEtwo Native Americans also went to England with the crew.
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The Lane Colony
The next year, 1585, the first English colony attempt
landed at what is now Ocracoke Island, led by Ralph
Lane and Sea Captain, Sir Richard Grenville.
Fort known
as Fort Raleigh
Ralph Lane
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The Lane Colony
English first attempt at colonization
 Returned with Wanchese &
Manteo and107 Englishmen
 Thomas Harriot and John
 White brought scientific infor
back to England.
 The colony was located at the
northeast end of Roanoke Island.
This is the natives village.
Who Came?
 Mostly wealthy men who had never done manual
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labor. (Servants performed the task)
Men who were more interested in looking and
finding gold than planting crops.
Men who didn’t know how to plan for surviving the
winter.
Men who were ethno centric towards the Native
Americans
Men who fought amongst themselves
The Case of the Missing Silver Cup
 shortly after arriving at Roanoke Island a
silver cup disappeared
 Grenville a leader in the colony blamed a
group of local Indians & demanded they
return the cup
 When no cup was produced, Grenville
burned the village.
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Grenville leaves
the ships
to return
to England for supplies
Thewith
Lane
Colony
(continued)
& Lane took command of the colony. Split them into 3 groups.
1 group to explore
Chesapeake Bay
1 group to remain
at Roanoke Island
1 group to explore
Albemarle Sound
area
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE TO THE RESCUE!
Drake was fighting the Spanish
in the Atlantic when….
A storm hits the colony just as
Drake pulls into port.
Lane’s group wants to go home
and leave the settlement.
They were tired of waiting for
Grenville.
This was not a success. Natives
are now very upset and no
longer willing to help.
The Lost Colony, John White Colony
1587 - The White Colony
arrived at Roanoke Island
on July 22, led by John
White who had been on all
3 trips to Roanoke Island.
The colony was made up of
117 men, women and
children. 17 were women
and 9 were boys.
1st English Child Born
On August 18, 1587,
Virginia Dare was the first
European Christian to be born
in America. Her mother,
Eleanor Dare, was the
daughter of John White, the
governor of what became the
“Lost Colony” of Roanoke
Island.
“Biting the hand that feeds you”
1. Relations between the Natives
& colonists were poor.
2. They depended on the Natives
for food but a summer drought
and harsh winter left the
Natives caring for their own.
3. Conflict between the cultures
turned critical in the spring
4. The colony sent John White
back to England on August 27th
to get needed supplies.
Spain and England go to War !
Attack of the Spanish Armada in 1588 prevented
John White from returning until 1590.
John White FINALLY Returns
On August 1590, White returned to
Roanoke Island and the colony was
gone.
White found the letters CRO etched in
a tree and found CROATOAN etched
in a tree near the entrance to the
fort.
White found no cross etched in the
tree signifying danger
WHAT COULD
The fort was overgrown with grass
HAVE HAPPENED
and weeds.
TO THEM???
England doesn’t pursue s settlement
for 50 years in North America
Jamestown England's foothold in the New World
IN 1606, KING JAMES PROVIDES A NEW PATIENT FOR
THE FIRST PERMANENT SETTLEMENT IN THE NEW
WORLD.
JAMESTOWN IS ESTABLISHED AND SO BEGINS THE
CONQUEST OF NORTH AMERICA.
Does Jamestown
Work???
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credits
Gilbert Picture - http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/images/sir-humphrey-gilbert.jpg
Raleigh’s Picture - http://cache.idolator.com/assets/resources/2008/05/raleigh.jpg
Picture of Ship in haze http://inlinethumb35.webshots.com/2594/1180908914039762025S425x425Q85.jpg
John White picture of fishermen http://www.virtualjamestown.org/images/white_debry/white_42_comp.GIF
John White picture of Wingina http://www.gmu.edu/library/specialcollections/bodypaintl.jpg
John White map of Roanoke Island http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/hh/16/images/hh16d4.jpg
John White drawing of Roanoke Indians http://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/uploads/2007/08/roanoke_lord.jpg
John White sketch of Fort - http://www.lost-colony.com/fort3sided.jpg
John White drawing of Indian village - http://www.lost-colony.com/village.jpg
Map of Chesapeake Bay - http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs102-98/fig1.gif
http://www.coastalcarolinaindians.com/special/John%20White%20Map.jpg
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