Name: LITA SULISTIYANI
Summary Worksheet 3
THE LOST COLONISTS
1. The English were not the first
Europeans to land their ships on American soil. The Vikings had discovered
North America in the 11th century. Columbus landed in the Bahamas in 1492 for
Spain, and the French began expeditions to the New World in 1524. But the first
English presence in North America is important because the thirteen English
colonies that would later be established eventually became the country now
known as the United States of America.
Summary
: The English were not the first Europeans
to land their ships on American soil.
2. In April of 1585 Sir Walter
Raleigh, under the authority of Queen Elizabeth of England, sent an expedition
of seven ships carrying 600 men, half of them soldiers, to found an English colony
in North America. The colony was to be used to establish an English
presence in the New World as well as a base from which English privateers, or
pirates, could attack and plunder Spanish treasure fleets. Raleigh’s cousin,
Sir Richard Grenville, led the expedition.
Summary
: Sir Walter Raleigh sent
seven ships to found an English colony in North America.
3.
In July of that year the bulk of the fleet reached a small island off the coast
of Virginia that was called Roanoke. After building a small fort on the north
side of the island, the colonists initiated relations with a Native American
tribe that lived on the island, the Aquascogoc. These natives showed little
interest in building relations with the English colonists, and they soon parted
company. After this encounter, however, the English noticed that one of their
silver cups had gone missing, and they attributed its disappearance to the
Aquascogoc. Grenville, the English captain, was furious. He believed that the
Aquascogoc had stolen the silver cup. Whether or not this was true, angry
exchanges followed and soon the English burned the Aquascogoc village. The
English held their fort against the subsequent attacks of the natives.
Summary : The English captain burned the
Aquascogos because their silver cups had gone missing.
4. Despite their success in battle, the colonists
had a miserable time because they were mainly soldiers and adventurers, not
farmers. They were hungry. They missed the comforts of England, such as soft
feather beds and dainty foods. Also they had expected to find gold and silver
on the island, and were disappointed when they found none. Grenville soon
tired of these conditions and set out on his ship to plunder Spanish treasure fleets and return to
England. The colony was gradually abandoned. Summary : The Colonists can’t found their gold silver so they abandoned.
5. In 1587 Sir Walter Raleigh dispatched a further
expedition of three ships and 150 colonists, led by John White, to Roanoke.
This time the expedition included women and children, including White’s
pregnant daughter, Elenora. Shortly after they reached Roanoke, Elenora
delivered a child whom they named Virginia. Virginia was the first English person
born in America. But the English soon ran into more trouble with the Native
Americans. A colonist named George Howe was killed by natives while searching
for crabs alone on the beach. The colonists were scared. They persuaded White
to sail back to England to ask Sir Walter Raleigh for help. White left behind
114 colonists, including
his daughter Elenora and granddaughter Virginia. Summary : The English soon ran into trouble with the Native Americans.
6. Unfortunately for White and the colonists,
England was preparing for a naval war with Spain. All shipping from English
ports was ceased. It took White three years to get his relief expedition back
to Roanoke. When he returned in August of 1590, White found no sign of his
daughter, granddaughter, or anyone else. They found three letters, “CRO,”
carved on a tree and the full word, “CROATOAN,” on a nearby post. Possibly this
referred to the Croatoan Island, which was nearby. White searched long and
anxiously, but failed to find
them.
Summary : White searched his
daughter, granddaughter, or anyone else but failed to find them.
7. No further trace of the lost
colony has ever been found. Sir Walter Raleigh himself searched for the
colonists in 1595, and he sent another search-party in 1602, but nothing came
of either attempt. To this day no one knows for certain what happened to the
colonists.
Summary
: This day, no one knows what
happened to the colonists
