The English Colonies In Virginia

Question 1

Were England and Spain friends or enemies?

Answer 1

Enemies

Question 2

What did England and Spain disagree on?

Answer 2

Land, resources, trade, and religion

Question 3

What religion were people in Spain following?

Answer 3

Roman Catholic

Question 4

What religion were people in England following?

Answer 4

Christian Protestants

Question 5

Who started the Protestant reformation?

Answer 5

Martin Luther in 1517

Question 6

Where did the name protestant come from?

Answer 6

They protested some of the practices of the Catholic Church

Question 7

The Bible was written in Latin. What did the protestants translate it into? Why did they translate the Bible?

Answer 7

English and German. They translated it so that everyone could read it, because most people didn’t speak Latin. 

Question 8

Why was the Catholic Church angry with Martin Luther?

Answer 8

He challenged the church’s authority.

Question 9

Who is the leader of the Catholic Church?

Answer 9

Pope

Question 10

What was the counter-reformation?

Answer 10

The pope tried to make changes in the Catholic Church after the protestant reformation 

Question 11

What was Spain’s North American colony called? 

Answer 11

New Spain

Question 12

Why did queen Elizabeth I want to colonize North America? 

Answer 12

She was hoping to find gold and silver there, like the Spanish did

Question 13

Who did Queen Elizabeth give a royal charter to, and what is a royal charter?

Answer 13

Sir Walter Raleigh, a royal charter is a document that gave him the right to set up colonies, which would belong to England 

Question 14

Where did Raleigh settle when he first came to America and why?

Answer 14

He settled with 100 people on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. He picked this location because the Indians were friendly, and the land was good for growing crops. 

Question 15

Why did the colonists have to leave Roanoke island?

Answer 15

They had to leave because they ran out of supplies, and the Indians stopped helping them. They left in 1586.

Question 16

In 1587, sir Walter Raleigh was going to return to North America a second time. Where did he want to settle the second time and how many ships did they come on? 

Answer 16

He wanted to settle in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia. They came on three ships with men, women and children. He wanted to settle on Chesapeake Bay because it’s deeper, so big ships can come in. 

Question 17

Did the colonist ever make it to Chesapeake Bay? 

Answer 17

No, the pilot refused to take them so they had to stay on Roanoke Island 

Question 18

Who was in charge at Roanoke Island the second time that the English landed there? 

Answer 18

John White 

Question 19

Who was the first English child born in North America?

Answer 19

Virginia Dare 

Question 20

The second time that they ran out of supplies on Roanoke Island, John White returned to England. Why couldn’t he bring supplies immediately to North America? 

Answer 20

Spain and England were at war, so it took him two years to return to Roanoke Island 

Question 21

When John White returned to Roanoke Island in 1590, what did he say?

Answer 21

He saw a sign that said the Croatoan, which was the name of a nearby island, but he never found his people