A Good Mystery
A _____________ is another word for a settlement where a group of people live together in a community and work together to achieve a common goal.
colony
The only clue was the word "_______________" carved into a tree. Governor White knew that the _______________ Indians lived on a nearby island that is known today as ____________ ____________.
Croatoan
Croatoan
Hatteras Island
Captain John Smith
America has always been the land of opportunity and innovation. The history of ____________, the first permanent English colony, attests to that.
Jamestown
John White discovers the word "CROATOAN" carved at Roanoke's Fort Palisade.
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While ____________ and _____________ were exploring and claiming land for their respective countries, England was struggling to start a settlement in the New World.
Spain
France
To this day, the colony is called the ____________ ___________ ___________ _____________. Many people believe that the settlers were kidnapped and forced to leave the island, while others believe that perhaps the people were starving and willingly left with the Indians.
Lost Colony of Roanoke
He was a tough man who made the rule, "_________ _________ ___________ __________ _________, _________ __________ ___________." I am sure that the English gentlemen did not like to hear this. They were used to having servants work for them, and they were not used to hunting for their meat or planting their own vegetables.
He who will not work, shall not eat.
Although the men who came to settle this colony were not particularly prepared for the _____________, the _____________, or the ___________ ___________, Jamestown did survive.
hardship
mosquitos
Native Americans
Jamestown National Historic Site
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In _____________, a group of English settlers started a colony on Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina.
1587
In ___________, another group of English settlers came to the New World. These were not families looking for a new life; they were men and boys mostly from the upper class in England. They were searching for the ______________ ______________ of the New World.
1607
legendary riches
Soon, John Smith was considered a leader in the group, and even though a lot of the other men did not like him, they did listen to him. He also interacted with the local Indians, becoming good friends with the daughter of Chief __________________ of the _______________ Indians.
Wahunsunacawh
Powhatan
In our story of history, you will learn that history and the culture of our country are defined by the men and women who have given everything to ____________ in ____________.
live
freedom
John Smith
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The English settlers called their island settlement "Cittie of _____________," (yes, that is the way they spelled it) after ____________ ___________ ___________, an explorer whose men first spotted this island.
Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh
These adventure hunters lacked survival skills needed to settle this wild, new land. They built their settlement, Jamestown, too near a __________ __________.
swampy area
Captain John Smith became friends with the daughter of an Indian chief with a really long name - Wahunsunacawh! You probably have heard the story of ______________, the Indian maiden who saved Captain John Smith's life. Did you know that she was not much older than you probably are? Historians believe that she was between __________ and __________ years of age when she met Captain Smith.
Pocahontas
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This stubborn will to make it and do what needs to be done, to not only survive, but to thrive, is what makes America "_________ _________ _________ ___________ __________ and the __________ ___________ ___________ ___________."
the land of the free
home of the brave
Map drawn by John White in 1585. Roanoke is shown circled in the center of the map.
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State the year:
__________-Founding of the Spanish colony, St. Augustine, in what is now the state of Florida
__________-Iroquois League formed
__________-First and second attempt to colonize Roanoke Island
__________- The colony of Jamestown is established
1565
1570
1585-87
1607
The _____________, these unfriendly little insects did more than annoy the Jamestown settlers though; they spread _____________, a disease that killed _____________ of the men in one year!
mosquito
malaria
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Later, Pocahontas married one of Englishmen, ___________ ____________. She became a Christian and took the name ______________. Shortly after she married Rolf, Pocahontas went on a voyage to England to meet her husband's family. While in England, she became ill and died, leaving behind a two-year-old son. Her son eventually returned to the land of his mother's people.
John Rolf
Rebecca
You will learn that nothing, especially freedom is ____________ - someone always pays for it. This chapter's cultural focus is an invitation for you, the student, to pay attention to, and learn from, the sacrifice of those you will learn about in this history story, because ____________ are an important part of that story.
free
you
Jamestown: Building a Fortified Village
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