Got permission from Queen Elizabeth 1 to fund Roanoke colony

Governor of the English colony of Roanoke in 1587

The Roanoke colony was located here

The reason John White left the Roanoke colony

The reason John a White did not return to Roanoke for 3 years

First English child born in America

only clue left behind as to what happened to the Roanoake colony; carved in a post

The reason John White couldn't make it to Croatoan Island

The first permanent English settlement in North America

After Roanoke, King James gave this company a charter to start a colony in the New World

Helped found and govern Jamestown. His leadership and strict rules helped the Virginia colony get through the difficult first winter.

John Smith's rule for the Jamestown colonist

The daughter of Chief Powhatan. She saved John Smith from a mock execution. This eased the tension between the Powhatan and colonists

Jamestown was named after him

The reason John Smith returned to England

Jamestown built their colony in the middle of this tribes hunting grounds

The winter in Jamestown after John Smith returned to England, when colonist we're dying from diseases and starvation.

How many colonists survived the second winter in Jamestown out of 500