2/28/13

[2nd Swag Daddy Nate G]

• Roanoke
  • March 25, 1584, Queen Elizabeth I granted Sir Walter Raleigh a charter to go settle in North America
  • Established in 1585
  • It is an colonies that was funded and set up by London Co., so mother country is England
  • First English Colony
• KEY PLAYERS
  • Sir Walter Raleigh
    • Writer, poet, soldier, and explorer
    • Married a lady-in-waiting (assistant) to Queen Elizabeth I
    • When back in England, the King had him locked up
    • He then was released, and set out to find the “City of Gold” (not successful)
    • He was later imprisoned again but this time he was executed
  • Virginia Dare
    • First child born in America to English parents
    • Granddaughter to John White
  • John White
    • English artist
    • Known for being the 1^st governor of Roanoke
    • Went back to England to resupply for the Roanoke settlement and when he returned all that was left was the word “Cro” probability for the word Croaton which was an Indian tribe
• Interesting Facts
  • Known as the “lost colony”
  • How they may have died out
    • Captured by Indian tribes (most likely)
    • Lost at sea
    • Spanish
    • Dare stones
    • Virginea pars map