WARM-UP

M

ake a list of what you would fear if you were

setting off to colonize a new world.

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urn to page 64 in textbook.

ENGLISH ATTEMPTS TO COLONIZE NORTH

CAROLINA

Chapter 4

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

H

ow and why did England first attempt to

establish a colony in North Carolina?

VOCAB

F

rancis Drake *Sea dog

C

olony * Charter

W

alter Raleigh * Manteo and Wanchese

A

madas and Barlowe

W

ho is Henry VIII?

W

hy is Elizabeth I important?

W

hy do Spain and England hate each other?

W

ho is Francis Drake?

BACKGROUNDS

pain = wealthiest and most powerful country in Europe.• What region of the Americas do they control?

E

ngland• England wanted a share of the wealth and power

that Spain possessed in the New World.• England began to send out explorers…

T

wo countries becoming

bitter enemies

R

eligion• 1500’s- England’s

Henry VIII turns Protestant

• Spain = Catholic

ENGLAND CHALLENGES SPAIN

Q

ueen Elizabeth I• One of England’s

greatest rulers• Henry VIII’s daughter

E

ngland wanted wealth from

overseas exploration and trade.

W

anted to establish colonies

ENGLAND CHALLENGES SPAIN

1

588- Spain has world’s most powerful

navy.• Want to wipe England off the

map

Q

ueen Eliz. And England whoop up on

the Spanish

E

ngland starts becoming the more

dominant/powerful country

DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA

QUESTION

W

hy would the British want

form colonies in North

America?

F

rancis Drake and “Sea

Dogs”-raided Spanish ships

S

ir Walter Raleigh • 1584- Granted a Charter(

a legal document that grants permission to settle land)

• Mission was to “discover and inhibit strange lands.”

EARLY ENGLISH COLONIES

P

hilip Amadas and Arthur

Barlowe• Selected by Raleigh as

captains of his expedition to New World.

• Arrived in NC in 1584 (First English ppl in NC)

• Documented the beautiful plants, animals, and resources of NC

AMADAS AND BARLOWE

N

ative Americans that

Amadas and Barlowe

brought back to

England.

MANTEO AND WANCHESE

QUESTION…?

W

hy was Queen Elizabeth delighted with Barlowe’s report?

W

hat was Raleigh’s first step in his missions “to discover

and inhabit strange lands?”

H

ow did North Carolina’s geography affect the first

expedition?

J

umpstarted English desire to

establish colonies.

I

ncreased interest in the New

World’s plants, animals, and people.

T

he land North of Florida is named

“Virginia” in honor of the Virgin

Queen

EFFECTS OF AMADAS AND BARLOWE EXPEDITION

Push Factors

R

easons that “push” people from one

place to another.

F

or example, lack of job opportunities

or lack of food

Pull Factors

R

easons that PULL people from one

place to another.

F

or example, the promise of finding

gold

VOCABUALRY

R

ichard Grenville *Ralph Lane

S

imon Fernades *Wingina

T

homas Harriot

J

ohn White

E

xcited by the good report from the good report from

the Amadas and Barlowe expedition, Queen Elizabeth

and Walter Raleigh prepared another expedition to

North America.

T

he goal: to set up a lasting settlement on Roanoke

Island.

RALPH LANE COLONY

THE VOYAGE AND THE PEOPLE

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n April 1585, 7 fleets left England to settle in the colony.

O

n board the ship,

R

ichard Grenville was the commander.

S

imon Fernandes helped pilot and guide the ship

T

homas Harriot, a scientist

J

ohn White, an artist

R

alph Lane, the commander once landed.

F

ort Raleigh- the fort the

settlers built once on the

island.

T

he settlers began to

explore the area, to find

resources and to map and

paint the region.

ROANOKE ISLAND

EXPLORING THE REGION

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expeditions went out.

* One to the Chesapeake Bay, two others explored

the Roanoke Island area.

E

veryone had a role

QUESTION…?

W

here did the colonists explore during

their expeditions?

W

hy did the colonists build a fort

immediately after landing at Roanoke?

THE TROUBLE BEGINS

G

renville left and returned to England for supplies

B

y winter, he had not returned and supplies were running low!

T

ension rose over Lane’s leadership and his treatment of the natives.

*Wingina-new chief

*Lane leads an attack on the natives

LEAVING THE COLONY

C

olonists now feared native retaliation.

F

rancis Drake arrived to check on the colony and

to leave supplies.

T

he Colonists left Roanoke Island with Drake

ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE COLONY

A

long with 97 settlers returning, Lane brought back to England

three valuable products: tobacco, corn and marsh potato.

M

aps and paintings of the region was also brought back.

T

hese achievements left hope that England would establish a

permanent colony in North America.