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Founding the American Colonies Part 2

The English find Roanoke . Sir Walter Raleigh was sent to scout out the Americas and found Roanoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina. He returned and spread word of an island that was good for farmingIn 1585, Raleigh sent about 100 men to settle on Roanoke Island. After a difficult winter, t

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Founding the American Colonies Part 2

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    1. Founding the American Colonies Part 2 Mrs. Park LCHS – SS4 Fall 2010

    2. The English find Roanoke Sir Walter Raleigh was sent to scout out the Americas and found Roanoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina. He returned and spread word of an island that was good for farming In 1585, Raleigh sent about 100 men to settle on Roanoke Island. After a difficult winter, the colonists returned to England.

    3. Roanoke: The Lost Colony In 1587, Raleigh tried again sending 91 men, 17 women, and 9 children. John White, a mapmaker led the group. This group too had difficulties. White returned to England to get supplies. He planned on being gone three months, but due to war with Spain it lasted 3 years. When White returned the island was deserted. the colony was never heard from again.

    4. Jamestown: The first permanent English settlement In 1607, English merchants formed the Virginia Company and received a charter to organize a settlement. The company sent 144 settlers in 3 ships to America to look for gold and set up trade in fish and furs. The settlers entered the Chesapeake Bay and then sailed up a river flowing into the bay. They named the river James and the colony Jamestown, after after King James I.

    5. Jamestown The company sent 144 settlers in 3 ships to America to look for gold and set up trade in fish and furs. 40 died along the voyage The settlers entered the Chesapeake Bay and then sailed up a river flowing into the bay. They named the river James and the colony Jamestown, after the king.

    6. Jamestown Pro’s Built on a peninsula to prevent Native American attack. Con’s Swampland Mosquitoes carrying malaria (deadly disease). Lacked good farmland Surrounded by Native American Settlements

    7. Jamestown colonists Many of the Jamestown colonists had never experienced hard labor. Settlers searched for gold and silver instead of building adequate shelter and growing food Disease and hunger devastated the colonists. In January 1608, when additional men and supplies arrived, only 38 men remained alive.

    8. Jamestown’s leader Captain John Smith, a soldier, arrived in 1608. Smith quickly assessed the situation, assumed leadership, and forced the people to work the fields. Smith returned to England in 1609 for treatment of serious burn injuries

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