Roanoke1
She gave Walter Raleigh the right to claim land in N. America.
What did Queen Elizabeth give in 1584?
In 1587
When was the 2nd Expedition to Roanoke?
What is Jamestown named after?
King James I
Smith built ties withe the Native American people known as the Powhatan.
Who did John Smith built ties with?
Relations with the Powhatan improved when John Rolfe married Pocahontas.
How did John Rolfe improve relations with the Powhatans?
They found Roanoke Island.
What did the scouts find?
The first child to be born in the colony.
Who was Virginia Dare?
They hoped to find gold and trade fish and furs.
What did they hope to find?
The Powhatan gave the colonist food.
What did the Powhatan do for the colonists?
The Virginia Company sent women to Jamestown to grow the colony.
Why did the Virginia Company send women to Jamestown?
The first group was sent in 1585.
When was the first group of settlers sent?
To get supplies.
Why did White return to England?
What is a charter?
a document that granted the right to form a colony
Smith was captures, injured and had to return to England.
What happened to John Smith?
The company started giving head rights (land grants) to settlers who payed their way to the colony.
What did the company started giving to the settlers?
He was a colonist and an artist. He drew pictures of the colony.
Who was John White?
He found his colony deserted and a sign that read "Croatoan."
What did White find when he returned?
The settlers faced hardships like hunger and diseases.
What did the settlers face?
The colony suffers "the starving time" during the winter of 1609-1610.
What did the colony suffer in 1609?
The colonist have an early type of government called House of Burgesses.
What type of government did the colonist have?
Who was queen when Sir Later Raleigh went to North America?
Queen Elizabeth
The colonist were never seen again.
What happened to the first group of Roanoke settlers?
Settlers in Jamestown survived because John Smith made them work.
How did the Jamestown settlers survive?
Colonist find a way to make money by growing tobacco.
How did the colonist make money?
England took control of the colony after the Virginia Company lost the charter.
Who took control of the colony after the lost the charter?