Attempts at colonisation in North America

Question 1

what year was Humphrey Gilbert given permission to set up a plantation overseas? was it successful?

Answer 1

1578- failed due to lack of finance and poor planning

Question 2

who made the first attempt to establish a settlement in NA?

Answer 2

Walter Raleigh- appointed Richard Grenville captain of the voyage

Question 3

what year did they arrive in Roanoke?

Answer 3

1585

Question 4

what were relations between the colonists and the natives like?

Answer 4

initially had smooth relations until food and supplies began to run out leading to acts of violence

Question 5

what year did Raleigh try to establish another colony in Roanoke? why did it fail?

Answer 5

1587- lack of support from the crown and the colonists were left by the mariners as they wanted to plunder the
Caribbean

Question 6

what is an example of a successful establishment of a colony?

Answer 6

Jamestown, Virginia 1606 by the Virginia Company