Roanoke
- March 25, 1584, Queen Elizabeth l granted Sir Walter Raleigh a charter to go settle in North America
- Established in 1585
- It it 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-writing (assistant) to Queen Elizabeth l
- 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
- Raleigh N.C. is named after him
- One of the biggest tobacco producers in USA
- Virginia Dare
- First child born in America to English parents
- Granddaughter to John White
- John White
- English Arist
- Known for being the 1st governor 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
- The houses were disassembled so it is very unlikely that they left quickly or forced to leave
Interesting Facts
- Known as the "Lost Colony"
- How they may have died out:
- Captured by Indian tribes
- Lost at sea
- Spanish
- Dare Stones
- Virginea Pars Map
Jamestown
- First permanent English colony
- Established by Virgina Company of London
- Jamestown is located in current day Virginia
- Mother country is England
- Established as a fort in 1607, as a town in 1619
- Named after King James
Key Players
- Captain John Smith
- Did a decent job at communicating with the Native even though it almost cost him his life, Pocahontas saved him
- He was forced to return back to England after an explosion
- The next guy to come take leadership was George Percy
- Pocahontas
- Daughter of the Powhatan
- Married John Rolfe
- Did however save John Smith from being killed by his father
- Moved back to England with her husband
- This was done to show that she could be a civilized Indian
- She died a year later from unknown causes, she was only 22 or 23
- Chief Opchanacanough
- His name meant "He whose Soul is White"
- Lead a measure in 1622 to rid his world of the white man
- This raid killed 1/3 of the settlers of Jamestown
- Was captured in 1646, and later shot in the back by a guard
- He was 92 years old when he died
Jamestown Ugly Winter
- The winter of 1609-1610 was known as the "starving time"
- Over 80 percent of the colony died
- Most tried canninalism to stay alive, on man even killed his own wife in her sleep and ate her
Bacons Rebellion
- First known rebellion where the colonist took part in present day USA
- "Declaration fo the People of Virginia". The declaration criticized Berkeley's administration in detail. It accused him of levying unfair taxes. appointing friends to high positions, and failing to protect frontier settlers from Indian attack
- Bacon went out and got the Occaneechi Indian tribe to go fight the Susquehanock tribe and when the Occaneechi left then he murdered their men, women and children
- He would continue to wage war with the Indian tribes in the area
- He was upset that Berkeley still hadn't stepped down from his position of power and started targeting him and his followers
- Eventually Berkeley fled and then Bacon burned down the city of Jamestown
- Bacon later died of dysentery before England could send forces to punish him
Lasting Effects of the Rebellion
- Many of Bacon's followers went back to England
- 23 of Bacon's followers that stayed were hanged
- Charles the ll then relieved Berkeley of his duties because he was upset that he had killed more men than he did for the killing of his father
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