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Roanoke Island: the Lost Colony Answer Key

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In the Beginning - Roanoke
#1 Roanoke was settled by which country? England
#2 Who had the charter for the first English colony in the New World? Sir Walter Raleigh
#3 Which monarch gave the first charter in the New World? Queen Elizabeth
#4 Why did the English want a colony at Roanoke? gold; build a fort to attack the Spanish
#5 What other country had colonies in the New World? Spain
The First Settlers
#1 What is the name of the first English Colony in the New World? Roanoke
#2 What type of people settled in Roanoke? Explorers not farmers
#3 Who helped the first settlers? Native Americans
#4 What was the cause of bad relations between the Indians and the colonists? lack of food and colonists wouldn't work and Indian village attack
#5 What happened to the first Colonists? Sir Francis Drake arrived and they sailed home to England
The Lost Colony
#1 Who landed on Roanoke Island? 110 men, and women
#2 Who was the first English child born in the New World? Virginia Dare
#3 What caused bad relations between the Indians and colonists? They thought a chief stole a silver cup/chief killed
#4 What did White find when he returned to the colony? No one - Croatoan carved on a tree
#5 Why did it take White 2-3 years to return? War with Spain
Theories
#1 What is the most common theory? The colonists went to Croatoan Island.
#2 What was the theory that included Spain? The spanish capture them
#3 What clues are there that they went to Croatoan Island? Sign and Indians had English names, utensils, and dress
#4 What did White find besides the sign? buried trunks
#5 Why would the colonist have gone to Chesepeake Bay? This is where they wanted to go but the ship captain would not take them there.
Vocabulary
#1 A document to start a colony in the New World. Charter
#2 People who settle in the New World colonists
#3 a verb that means to settle in the new world colonize
#4 Another name for colony settlement
#5 a way to see new places and new things exploration
Final Question