Unit 3 Flashcards
Who was sir Humphrey Gilbert
Looking for the Northwest passage He leaves new colonists in Newfoundland goes back to the base everyone is dispersed he gets lost in a Gail I never heard from again on his way back to England
Who was Martin Frobisher
Looking for the Northwest passage he thought he saw the gold he made two more voyages a total of three and brought back tons of the gold to England the gold was fools gold and was worth nothing
Who was sir Walter Raleigh
Wanted to start a colony in the New World find the Northwest passage he decided to go south because it was warmer the colony was dependent on supplies from England the men in the colony would only pan for gold all day they wanted to get rich fast
What did John White do
Walter sent John White back to England with a skeleton crew to get the woman and children of the men in the colony
What happens when John White goes back to England for supplies
England is in a War with Spain who has the largest navy in the world England takes John White ship so they have more ships for the war
What happens when John white returns to the colony
When John returns there is nobody there he finds the word Croatoan carved a tree this colony becomes known as the lost colony of Roanoke many people think that the colonist became a part of that Indian tribe because They have British last names blonde hair and blue eyes
By the 17th-century England is having what
Domestic problems
Who is on her deathbed
Elizabeth I
Who figures out what Elizabeth had done to their country
Philip II
Sinking Spain’s ships in the English Channel and Spain’s what
Golden era
Who was going to be the ruler after Elizabeth the first
James VI of Scotland
James Stuart
James I of England
Margaret Tudor was the daughter of who
Henry VIII and Elizabeth of York
Margaret Tudor married who
James IV of Scotland
Margaret Tudor and James the fourth of Scotland’s son James the 5 of Scotland married who
Mary of guise
