English Exploration of the Americas

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English Exploration of the Americas
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An English Colony in America

• In 1585, Queen Elizabeth of England commissioned
  Sir Walter Raleigh to establish a colony in
  America
• One expedition came to America to explore the
  region, but limited supplies forced them to
  return to England

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Sir Walter Raleigh
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John White

• John White had been with the first attempted
  colony and was an artist who drew many pictures
  of the Natives he encountered
• This colony was unsuccessful and the Englishmen
  returned home after several months.

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John Whites Illustrations of the Native People
he encountered on the coast of Virginia follow
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The arriual of the Englishmen in Virginia
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A weroan or great Lorde of Virginia
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On of the chieff Ladyes of Secota.
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On of the Religeous men in the towne of Secota.
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A younge gentill woeman doughter of Secota.
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A cheiff Lorde of Roanoac.
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A chieff Ladye of Pomeiooc.
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An ageed manne in his Winter garment.
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Their manner of careynge the Childern and a tyere
of the cheiffe Ladyes of the towne of
Dasamonquepeuc.
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The Coniuerer.
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The manner of makinge their boates.
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Their manner of fishynge in Virginia.
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The brovvyllinge of their fishe ouer the flame.
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Their seetheynge of their meate in earthen pottes.
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Their sitting at meate.
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Their manner of prainge vvith Rattels abowt te
fyer.
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Theirdanses vvhich they vse att their hyghe
feastes.
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Ther Idol Kivvasa.
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The Tovvne of Pomeiooc.
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The Tovvne of Secota.
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The Tombe of their Werovvans or Cheiff Lordes.
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The Marckes of sundrye of the Cheif mene of
Virginia.
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An English Colony in America

• Queen Elizabeth of England commissioned a second
  attempted colony in the New World, this time to
  be led by John White

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John Whites Colonists

• The colonists included women and children
  (including Whites pregnant daughter who gave
  birth to the first English child born in America,
  Virginia Dare)

• The colonists settled at Roanoke Island off the
  coast of NC

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• Because the colonists arrived in mid-summer, it
  was too late to plant crops and they did not have
  enough food
• John White returned to England for supplies was
  to go back to Roanoke immediately

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• Before he left, the colonists agreed that if the
  settlers moved, they would leave markings
  indicating where they had moved
• If they were in danger, they would leave a cross
  in a place easily seen

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• When White arrived in England, they were at war
  with Spain and he was unable to return to Roanoke
  for three years
• When he returned, no one was there
• They left no personal possessions

• The group became known
• as The Lost Colony

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• The letters CRO were carved on a tree
• The word CROATOAN was carved on a gatepost
• There was no cross found

• What happened to the colony is still a mystery
  today, but there are several theories

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• Some say the colonists may have been adopted by a
  local Algonquian tribe, the Hatteras
• There is a theory that their descendents are
  todays Lumbee (some of the Lost Colonys
  surnames included Berrye, Brooke, Dare, Harris,
  Sampson, Scot, and Sutton)