Native Americans - February 2nd 2018 History 103 Queen...

February 2nd, 2018
History 103
Queen Elizabeth 1
● Went to the docks to see Sir Francis Drake
○ Francis Drake → successfully stole spanish gold of the spaniard ships
● She allowed subject s to claim land in north america
○ 1586 Colony of Roanoke Island - off the coast of North Carolina
○ Won’t be financed by the govt. → will be private settlements
Colonial Era
(English colonial era last until the american revolution 1775)
● Colonies MUST ask(get permission) the English govt. If they want to start a new colony
● Sir Walter Raleigh
○ Put up money for the new colony but didn't actually go
○ Sent 2 ships with about 100 people (men, women, children)
■ Ships left people in Roanoke and said they would be back with more
people and supplies - did not come back for 2 years
Jamestown 1607 (Queen Elizabeth was dead by this time so her cousin James became King)
● King James 1st had the Virginia Company of London → stock company
○ Allowed for rich people in England to invest in the VA colonies
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