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The English Establish 13

Colonies (1585 1732)

Lost Colony of Roanoke

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Review of Previous Material

Queen Elizabeth I

English defeat of Spanish Armada in 1588

Huguenots Fort Caroline and St. Augustine

Sir Francis Drake

Mercantilism

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The Lost Colony of

Roanoke

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English Plan Colonies

By the late 1500s Spain had many

colonies in the Americas.

Can you give any examples of Spanish

colonies in the Americas?

Peru, New Spain, Cuba.

How many colonies did the English have

in the Americas by the late 1500s? Zero

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Richard Hakyluts Plan

Who was Richard Hakylut? There were two Richard Hakyluts. Uncle and

Nephew.

History books talk about them as if they are one

person.

We do not know much about either of them

except the fact that they were both geographers/

cartographers.

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Richard Hakyluts Plan

Hakylut urged the English crown to start acolony in North America.

Why start a colony?

Colonies would provide a market for Englishexports.

Colonies would serve as a source of raw

materials for England.

Increase trade and build up gold supply. What is

this type of economic system called?

Mercantilism.

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Richard Hakyluts Plan

Were there anymore reasons for England

to start a colony in the Americas?

Spread Protestantism.

Who created Protestantism?

Lack of economic opportunity and stories

of gold mines lured people to leave

England for the Americas.

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Sir Walter Raleighs Expedition

1584 Raleigh leads a

reconnaissance

expedition along the

eastern coast of NorthAmerica.

He lands on an island

off the coast of

modern day NorthCarolina and meet the

natives.

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Sir Walter Raleighs Expedition

Two natives were persuaded to return to

England with Raleigh.

They helped to generate excitement about

exploration and settlement in North America.

1585 Raleigh, who was favored by Queen

Elizabeth I, was granted a charter

(permission to establish a temporarysettlement) on the island of Roanoke.

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Sir Walter Raleighs Expedition

April 1585, Raleigh leftEngland with 6 boatsand 700 people.

Upon arrival at Roanoke,100 people stayed withthe promise that therewould be a reliefexpedition the nextspring. These were verywealthy investors with noexperience in setting upa colony.

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Settling Roanoke

Those who remained on Roanoke wrotetheir accounts about interactions with theNative Americans.

Most accounts said that the NativeAmericans were gentle, loving, andfaithful. They posed no threat to securityand they coexisted with the English for awhile.

The natives helped the settlers gather andgrow food.

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Settling Roanoke

The silver cup incident.

When a colonist found his silver cup missing,he immediately blamed the nearby Native

Americans. To show their force the English burned the

village to the ground.

This event ruined the relationship between the

settlers and the Native Americans. The settlers would now have to fend for

themselves.

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Settling Roanoke

The next spring, the settlers began

growing impatient with the slow arrival of

their relief.

Sir Francis Drake happened to be in the

area and agreed to let the settlers ride on

his boat back to England.

What do you think Drake was doing?

Raiding Spanish ships and ports.

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Settling Roanoke

About six weeks later the relief expedition

returned to find the colony abandoned.

The relief ship left twenty men to guard the

fort in 1586.

1587 another relief ship returns with 110

people led by John White, Raleighs

brother-in-law.

This group becomes the lost colony.

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Settling Roanoke

The next relief expedition did not arrive foranother three years in 1590. Why so late?

Because in 1588 the Spanish Armada and

English navy began fighting. This occupiedall available English vessels.

In 1590, when John White arrived, the

colony had been abandoned with no traceof any settlers. The only sign was the wordCroatoan carved into a door frame.

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What happened to the Lost

Colony of Roanoke.

Did the leave the area and join with the friendly

Croatoan tribe?

Were they massacred by Spanish sailors?

Were they killed in warfare with surroundingNative American tribes?

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John White the Artist

John White was an excellent artist and

recorded much of the animals and Native

American customs of the region.

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John White the Artist

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John White the Artist

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John White the Artist

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John White the Artist