Roanoke & Jamestown
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- Q1Got permission from Queen Elizabeth 1 to fund Roanoke colony
John White
Sir Walter Raleigh30s - Q2Governor of the English colony of Roanoke in 1587John White30s
- Q3The Roanoke colony was located hereNorth Carolina
South Carolina
30s - Q4The reason John White left the Roanoke colony
to get water
to get supplies30s - Q5The reason John a White did not return to Roanoke for 3 years
He died
War with Spain30s - Q6First English child born in America
Eleanor Dare
Virginia Dare30s - Q7only clue left behind as to what happened to the Roanoake colony; carved in a postCroatoan
Proatoan
30s - Q8The reason John White couldn't make it to Croatoan IslandA storm
He didn't know the way
30s - Q9The first permanent English settlement in North AmericaJamestown
Roanoke
30s - Q10After Roanoke, King James gave this company a charter to start a colony in the New World
North Carolina Company
Virginia Company30s - Q11Helped found and govern Jamestown. His leadership and strict rules helped the Virginia colony get through the difficult first winter.John Smith
John White
30s - Q12John Smith's rule for the Jamestown colonist
"If you don't work, you can eat anyway"
"If you don't work, you don't eat"30s - Q13The daughter of Chief Powhatan. She saved John Smith from a mock execution. This eased the tension between the Powhatan and colonists
Paspaheigh
Pocahontas30s - Q14Jamestown was named after himKing RichardKing James30s
- Q15The reason John Smith returned to England
Got voted out
Got injured30s