Reasons for English Colonization

• England hoped to _______________________ in America (Mercantilism)

• England wanted to get ___________________ from the New World (Triangle Trade)

• England wanted new markets to sell its _______________________________(Triangle Trade & Mercantilism.

Roanoke Island (Lost Colony)• _____________________

asked Queen Elizabeth of England if he could lead a group of people to begin a colony in the USA.

• Queen Elizabeth gave Raleigh a _____________ (a document that allowed colonists to live on land owned by their country.)

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________________(1st Time)

• In 1585, the first English people tried to begin a colony.

• This became the 1st English colony in the USA.

• It failed due to hunger and bad relations with the Native Americans.

• All but 15 men went back to England on a ship.

Roanoke (2nd Time)• England returned in

August 1590 to find no colonists on Roanoke Island.

• On one of the trees was written _________________.

• Croatoan was the name of an island nearby as well as the name of the Native Americans living in the area.

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http://www.outer-banks.com/lost.cfm

Roanoke (2nd Time)• The English attacked

the Native Americans for revenge.

• They were defeated.• They abandoned the

colony and returned to England

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http://www.outer-banks.com/lost.cfm

The Virginia Company• In 1606, King James I

gave permission to the ____________ _________________to try a colony.

• The Virginia Company was a _____________ ________________where investors bought shares in the company and shared the profits.

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http://www.bchs.k12.va.us/Technology%20Class/powerpoint/jamestown.ppt

Jamestown Colony• On May 14, 1607, the

settlers began building the first English ___________________ ___________________on the James River in Virginia.

• __________________ was named after the King James I and Virginia was named after the Virgin Queen of England.

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Jamestown Colony Jamestown was about business

• The colonists of Jamestown were not seeking religious freedom.

• They were hoping to ___________________!• Most of the men who first settled there were

______________________________.• They did not expect to have to

_________________________________.

Reasons for Jamestown Difficulties

• Not educated in how to ____________ ______________________in New World.

• Bad location for farming• Not enough people in the Jamestown

settlement especially _______________ ________________________________.

• Native American Battles• Many settlers starved

Starving Time

• Jamestown depended on ______________ ________________________to supply it with what it needed to survive.

• While they waited for the ships to return, __________________________.

• This was known as the “__________________”