The Lost Colony of Roanoke

Follow along in your textbook as I read the book to you. Click on the sound icon for the audio file to play….

Guided Reading Questions -First English ColonyRead in your NC Textbook to answer these questions, this will be your Notes.

England Plans to Settle:

Why were the other European leaders jealous of Spain? ______________ ___________________________________________________________

They did not want Spain to ____________________________________.

Why did the English choose the Mid-Atlantic region of America to est. a new colony? _______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________.

Even though England was rich, what problem did they have? _________ ___________________________________________________________

English leaders hoped that American colonies would provide __________ ___________________________________________________________.

Name: ________________ Class: __________ Date: _________

Textbook Page 50“England Plans to Settle”

Sir Walter Raleigh and Roanoke:

In 1584, ____________________ organized the first English trip to the New World. He received his charter (permission) from _____________ ________________. He sent two men to explore and find a suitable site for a new colony. They sailed up the coast to the ___________ Sound and anchored off _______________ Island. They named the land ____________________ because Queen Elizabeth was a ____________.

Textbook Page 50“Sir Walter Raleigh

and Roanoke”

Meeting the Natives

Who first came out to meet the English? __________________________

Over the next several days what did the natives and English do? ___________________________________________________________

What did Chief Wingina think of the English, what did he believe were the English’s motivation for being there? __________________________ ___________________________________________________________.

What two men returned to England with them? ___________________________________________________________

Barlowe Describes Hatteras Island: What was Arthur Barlowe’s description of this new land?

What is up with the weird spelling?

Textbook Page 50-51“Meeting the Natives”

Textbook Page 51“Barlowe Describes

Hatteras Island”

Reporting to Raleigh

When the two leaders reported to Raleigh once back in England they emphasized the ______________ of the land and the ________________ of the natives. So Raleigh started planning to send a second group to start a colony. He Queen give him the Royal Navy’s _______________ for two reasons. Raleigh could start a ______________ and to establish a ____________________ to capture Spanish ships.

Sir Walter Raleigh

Roanoke Island

Textbook Page 52Reporting to Raleigh

Manteo and Wanchese View of England

How did Manteo view England and its people?

Compare that to how Wanchese saw the English and how the treated their own people:

Englands View of Native Americans

How did the English view themselves compared to Africans, Asians, etc?

This perception gave Europeans the idea that they should what?

What were the two types of Indians?

verses

Read the article on Thomas Harriot 1560-1621What plant is he talking about?

What benefits did he believe it offered?

Return to Roanoke Trips #2 & 3Fill in the blanks from the Powerpoint.

Return to Roanoke - Trip #2 _____ – Return to Roanoke to start colony.

Returned ___________ and __________ to village. Artist _______________comes along.

Major Problem – Ship hits _____________ and takes on water, spoils the colonists ____________! Richard Greenville heads back to ___________________________. John White draws dozens of pictures of _________________________. Other colonists were ____________, wander country side looking for __________ , don’t bother

____________, ___________ is coming….

Natives had been supplying __________ with all their ________. By _________, they are __________ and are tried of feeding all the ____________.

English then burn a __________________ over possible stolen ______________, Roanoke natives growing __________ around English.

When Roanoke tribe stops feeding them, __________ invites native leaders to meeting and __________________________.

An English Fleet arrives _______________ with provisions but it gets ______________. When fleet returns to England, most of men return _________________ to hold the claim.

They are _____________….

Name: ________________ Class: __________ Date: _________

Return to RoanokeTextbook Page 54

The Third Attempt

In 1587, Raleigh sent colonists a third time under ______________________. John White was the __________________.

This time, the colonist brought their _____________________(farmers).

John White’s granddaughter, _____________ was born 1 month after they arrived in the USA on August 18 the ________________ born in _________.

_____________ Leader of Roanoke tribe – No help to ___________, killed one of their men.

Manteo is part of _________ people on another near by _______, provide help.English had planned to ________________, but couldn’t get enough.

John White decides to take small ship they head back to England for supplies….In 1588, _________ decided to attack ____________.

_____________ refuses to let him go, she needs every ship to fight off ______.The English __________ the all powerful ______________.

John White returned in ____________to find no colonists on Roanoke Island.On one of the trees was written ________________.

Croatoan was the name of an _________ nearby as well as the name of the Native Americans living in the area.

John White planned to travel to that island _________________._____________ was coming, ship’s captain ____________ to take him.

John White never ______________________.No one knows for sure what happened to colonist….

A Third AttemptTextbook Pages 58-59