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“The WhiTe Doe”
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The White Doe
Characters
John White
Virginia Dare
Wanchese
Elanor Dare
Setting
Roanoke Island –
Surrounded by water
Semi-Forest
Close to Outer Banks
Manteo
Okisko
Chico
Queen Elizabeth I
Goal/Problem/Conflict
What happened to the White colonists?
Major Events
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White returns to England for supplies.
Wanchese plans to attack and kill all the colonists.
Colonists flee to Manteo’s tribe.
White returns and can’t find the settlers
Virginia Dare grows into a beautiful maiden.
Chico (sorcerer) ask Virginia Dare to marry him.
She turned him down and his curse turned her into a snow white deer.
A friendly sorcerer gave Okisko a magic arrowhead to undo the curse.
Wanchese with arrow from Queen Elizabeth I and Okisko with themagical arrow hunts the white doe .
Both hunters finds the white doe and shot their arrows at same time.
Both arrows hit the white does heart – Wanchese arrow kills her and Okisko arrow breaks the curse.
Wanchese runs away/Okisko buries Virginia Dare at the center of the old fort.
A new grapevine springs up at the pool where she dies – sweeter than any other and the juice is blood red
Ending/Resolution
Colonists died off over time with Manteo’s people.
Theme
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From our study of England first
attempt to place the English Flag
permanently in the New World,
what were the 4 major reasons to
settle in the New World?
English Reasons for Permanent Settlement
Three years after the founding of Jamestown
(1610) and the transport of 700 English men and
women to the Chesapeake Bay area, Thomas Gates
arrives with supplies and his new appointment as
governor of the settlement. Upon his arrival he
writes the following statement: “Out of the 700
men and women, I was greeted by 60 survivors
so lean that they looked like [skeletons], crying
out ‘We are starved, we are starved’ Many
resorted to eating turtles, poisonous snakes,
rats, dogs or even their own horses. Most had
died.”
What would these facts mean to the future
of an English settlement in the New World?
1. 2nd major attempt by the English
to make a permanent settlement in
the New World
2. Sovereign(ruler) – King James I
3. Sponsor – Virginia Company of
London
A. Joint Stock Company
a. Wealthy investors pool money
b. Deal with profit or loss (I.E.)
Single Owner
Joint Stock Company
Invests
$100
Invests
$25
$25
Success
$120
Profit
$100 +$20
$25
Failure
$100
Lost
$100
Success
$120
$25 + $5 each
$25
Failure
100
Lost $25 each
B. Royal Charter (patent) – legal
document that state rights and
agreements
a. Settle land between modern
NC Border and Potomac
River (called Va.)
b. Guaranteed ownership of
land
c. Maintain English rights &
citizenship
4. Purpose
A. Jamestown was founded as an
economic venture to make
money.
a. Gold/silver
b. Find river route to the Pacific
Ocean.
B. Open up new trade markets
for England
a. provide raw materials – lumber,
tobacco, fur, naval stores (tar,
pitch)
b. Buy manufactured goods furniture, tools, weapons.
C. Deal with Spanish/French
influence in North America
D. Convert the Natives to Christianity
(Protestant Beliefs)
E. Provide a place for the poor and
homeless to have a fresh start
5. Location –
A. 40 miles up the James River
C. Why was the site chosen?
a. easily defended from attack by
sea (Spanish).
b. The water along the shore was
deep enough for ships to dock.
c. They believed they had a good
supply of fresh water.
6. Arrived
A. In America - April 26, 1607
B. At settlement site – May 14,
1607
7. Named – Jamestown in honor of
King James I
8. Colonists - 105
A. 6 councilmen
B. 1 preacher
C. 28 gentlemen
D. 2 surgeons
E. 6 carpenters
F. 1 sailor
G. 1 barber
H. 2 brick layers
I.
J.
K.
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1 mason
1 tailor
1 drummer
12 laborers
4 boyes
38 unskilled
9. Hardships Faced By The Settlers
A. The site they chose to live on
was marshy and lacked safe
drinking water.
B. The settlers lacked many skills
necessary to provide for
themselves.
C. Many settlers died of
starvation and disease.
D. Many of the settlers was only
interested in looking for gold
E. Others demanded the privilege
left behind in England –
excluding manual labor
10. Changes That Ensured Survival
A. The arrival of two supply ships
B. The forced work program and
strong leadership of Captain
John Smith “No Work – No
Food”
C. The emphasis on self-sustaining
agriculture
D. Trade with the Powhatan tribe
a. The Powhatans
traded food, furs
and leather with
the English.
b. The English traded
tools, pots, guns and
other goods with the
Powhatans.
The colony of James Town was named after:
a. The James River
b. King James of England
c. Captain James Smith
The State of Virginia was named after:
a. The Queen of England
b. Pocahontas whose English name was Virginia.
c. The first child born there.
Cloze Passage: See if you can fill in the blanks to make the story make sense. Use the words
below.
Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in America. It was
established May 14, 1607, by the (A) _______________on a marshy peninsula (now an
island) in the James River and named for the reigning English monarch, (B)
_____________. Disease, starvation, and Native American attacks wiped out most of the
colony. But the (C)_____________continually sent more men and supplies, and
(D)______________briefly provided efficient leadership (he returned to England in 1609
for treatment of an injury). After the severe winter of 1609–10 (the “starving time”), the
survivors prepared to return to England but were stopped by the timely arrival of
(E)_____________with supplies.
(F)_______ first cultivated (G) ___________here in 1612, introducing a
successful source of livelihood. In 1614 he assured peace with the local Native Americans
by marrying (H) _____________, daughter of chief (I) _______________. In 1619 the first
representative government in the New World met at Jamestown, which remained the capital
of Virginia throughout the 17th cent. The village was almost entirely destroyed during
(J)___________________. It was partially rebuilt but fell into decay with the removal of the
capital to Williamsburg (1698–1700).
Possible answers: One used twice
John Smith
tobacco
London Company
John Rolfe
Bacon’s Rebellion
Powhatan
James I
Pocahontas
Lord De la Warr