colonisation of virgina

• who was Walter Raleigh?

  an explorer who intended to colonise Virgina and he was a close friend of the queen
• what was an astrolabe?

  instrument used in navigation to make an accurate calculation of a ships position
• what was Raleigh given?

  a grant in 1584 by Elizabeth to explore and settle land in the americas
• why did Raleigh have influence?

  born into gentry
• was the colonisation of Virginia a success or failure?

  failure
• who was the local chief of Roanoke island?

  wingina
• why did Raleigh send a fact finding mission to North America?

  to learn their language and way of life
• what did the fact finding mission lead to?

  returning home with 2 native americans named Manteo and Wanchese
• where did Raleigh land?

  Roanoke island
• how many men did Raleigh send to Virginia?

  108
• how many should've Raleigh sent to Virgina?

  300
• who led the men sent to Virginia?

  sir Richard grenville
• what did the men do on the island?

  establish a permanent settlement as grenville came back to england
• why had Grenville still not returned to England in 1586?

  his ship was being used for armada preparation
• what did most of the colonists on the island do?

  return to England and only a small group stayed
• what were the colony running low on?

  supplies
• what did the 3rd expedition find at Roanoke island?

  it was deserted and thought any men that were there were killed by local colonies
• how many more people settled on the island?

  100
• why did the 100 colonists not receive their supplies?

  delayed because of Spanish Armada not making it a main priority for elizabeth
• what happened when supplies finally reached Roanoke?

  all the colonists had disappeared and were never found
• what was the consequence of the colonisation?

  huge failure as no men returned and no one would want to go of it was ran again, meaning their empire had not expanded
• what were all the 108 colonists?

  men
• what were most of the men on the expedition?

  soldiers with a few farmers and craftsmen
• why did most people go on the expedition?

  promise of making a fortune
• why was Raleigh not on the expedition?

  Elizabeth wouldn't allow him to go as it was too dangerous and needed him for the armada
• how many ships did Raleigh send?

  5
• what was the biggest ship and what did it carry?

  the tiger and it carried all the perishables such as meats, seeds and vegetables
• why was setting off in April a bad thing?

  by the time they arrived it would be too late to plant crops to see them through the winter
• when did the first ship set off?

  April 1585
• who was Richard Grenville?

  expedition commander who was a very experienced soldier but he was feared on the expedition rather then loved
• why did the colonists not get on?

  the upper class exepected the farmers to do everything as they didnt sign up for physical labour but the farmers refused
• what was the problem with the craftsmen?

  they lacked the materials needed so forts were built from wood rather than stone meaning they rotted
• what did wingina think about the English colonists?

  grew tired of constant demands for food handouts from the settlers. wingina was welcoming at first but turned against the settlers
• what did wingina think?

  English had supernatural powers as they killed people without touching them and this was just disease they had brought over from England that that natives had not encountered before
• how did the 108 men colonists contribute to the failure of Virginia?

  • not enough colonists
  • not able to reproduce meaning no future generations
  • no families meaning men may fight
• how did the colonists being mainly soldiers contribute to the failure of Virginia?

  • not enough farmers and skilled men
  • harder to grow crops and build houses
• how did Raleigh not being able to go contribute to the failure of Virginia?

  • he had the most knowledge
  • other leaders hated each other causing conflict
• how did all perishables on one ship contribute to the failure of Virginia?

  • the tiger became damaged when it hit rocks
  • seawater let into all the food
  • no seeds could be planted
  • not much food left to eat
• how did setting off late contribute to the failure of Virginia?

  • arrived in winter
  • most crops can't be planted making no food
• how did hot climate contribute to the failure of Virginia?

  • spread disease to colonists through mosquitos as they were not used to it it caused death
  • food rotted quickly meaning they starved