English Colonization
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- Q1Which of the following events happened first?John White returns to Roanoke and finds the colony gone.Raleigh sends out his first colony under Ralph Lane.Amadas and Barlowe explore the North Carolina coast.Virginia Dare is born.30s
- Q2Commander of Raleigh's first colony.Ralph LanePhillip AmadasJohn WhiteManteo30s
- Q3Native American who remained friendly to the colonists.CroatoanManteoWinginaWanchese30s
- Q4Native American who turned against the colonists.ManteoWancheseCroatoanWingina30s
- Q5Indian chief murdered by Lane's men.CroatoanWancheseWinginaManteo30s
- Q6The Spanish fleet that prevented John White from returning to Roanoke.Sea DogsFrench FleetSpanish ArmadaRoyal Navy30s
- Q7Attempted to plant colonies in the New World.Phillip AmadasWalter RaleighJohn WhiteArthur Barlowe30s
- Q8Monarch of England during the first attempts to plant English colonies in the New World.Queen Elizabeth IQueen IsabellaKing FerdinandKing Phillip II30s
- Q9First English child born in the New World.Virginia DareEleanor DareRalph LaneThomas Harriot30s
- Q10Scientist who gathered information at Roanoke.Walter RaleighThomas HarriotRichard GrenvilleJohn White30s
- Q11Roanoke Island, the site of Raleigh's attempted colonies, is in present day...North CarolinaMarylandSouth CarolinaVirginia30s
- Q12The main purpose of Amadas and Barlowe's 1584 voyage to the New World was to...raid Spanish treasure shipsfind a suitable place for a colonyhelp Gilbert and his colonyset a record for the fastest trip30s
- Q13The two Native Americans that Amadas and Barlowe took back to England were...Manteo and WancheseSacagewea and Sitting BullWingina and PowhatanMenatonon and Sequoia30s
- Q14Queen Elizabeth was so pleased about Raleigh's planned colony at Roanoke that she...contributed gunpowder and a ship, The Tigerknighted Walter Raleighnamed the land Virginia in honor of herselfall of the above30s
- Q15Which of the following is not true about John WhiteHe was Virginia Dare's grandfather.He painted watercolors of the New World.He was the governor of Raleigh's second colony.He believed the Native Americans must be conquered.30s