2. BackGround
Spain establishes first
colonies in the Americas.
France, England, &
Netherlands follow
Spain’s example.
Competition between
these powers to control
economic markets.
3. Phillip of Spain
will not beat me
in settling the
Your majesty, New World! You
I am seeking a land got it!
grant to start a new
colony in your
name. We will gain
resources, wealth &
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spread our faith. I
will call it Virginia
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4.
5. 1. MUSKET
BALL
• A musket ball with teeth
marks is found near Cape
Hatteras. British-trained
soldiers are trained to
keep a bullet in their
mouth as the 2nd one to
be fired in case of attack.
• Write musketball
beside Cape Hatteras.
6. 2. Crime &
punishment
“Any man or woman who
robs any garden, public or
private, while weeding it or
who willfully pulls up any
root vegetable, herb, or
flower to spoil or waste or
steal it, or robs any vineyard
or gathers the grapes, or
steals any ears of corn . . .
shall be punished with
death.”
- Sir Thomas Dale, ‘Dales' Laws’
- Write Crime & Punishment by
Roanoke Island.
7. 3. Broken
Artifacts
A Spanish expedition to
Roanoke Island in 1588
finds no Englishmen there
but plenty of broken
wooden barrels, tools,
etc.
Write abandoned in 1588 by
Roanoke Island.
8. 4. No Corpses
• After returning in 1590
from a resupply mission
to England (3 years later)
John White, governor of
Virginia (modern day NC
& VA), found no skeletons
or corpses on Roanoke
Island . There is no sign of
John’s grandaughter,
Virginia Dare (1st English
child born in America).
• Write No corpses at Fort
Raleigh beside Roanoke
Island.
9. 5. ANCESTORS
• The Hatteras Island Native
Americans claimed
Manteo and white
settlers as their ancestors.
They are reported to have
gray eyes and fairer skin,
uncommon for Native
Americans. They also
state that their ancestors
could “speak in a book.”
• Write LC Ancestors?
beside Cape Hatteras.
10. 6. CROATOAN
• The letters CROA and
CROATOAN are found
carved into trees/
gateposts by John White
in 1590.
• Write CROATOAN beside
Fort Raleigh near
Roanoke Island.
11. 7. No Distress
Signal
• John White found no
cross, the pre-arranged
sign that meant danger
made us move, carved
into the trees or fort
posts.
• Write No Cross by Fort
Raleigh.
12. 8. Battle of the
Spanish
Armada
• British “Sea Dogs” attack
Spanish treasure ships
and colonies. The Spanish
Armada sails to England
in 1588 to stop these
attacks and make
England a Catholic nation
again. The Battle of the
Spanish Armada delays
White’s return to Roanoke
• Write Sea Dogs + Spanish
Armada beside Atlantic
Ocean.
13. 9. More
ancestors?
• Robeson County Native
Americans claim the Hatteras
Natives from Croatoan and the
White colonists as their
ancestors. They have 41 of the
same last names as the White
colony. They have European
eye and hair colors. These last
names are common and could
be explained by inter-
marriage with English settlers
later.
• Write LC ancestors? in the
southeast corner of modern
day NC (near Neuse River).
14. 10.
Decapitation
& retaliation
After Native Interaction sours,
The decapitation of Wingina
(Pemisapan) and the attack on
a Native American village by
the Lane colony leads the
Indians to want revenge
against English colonists..
• Write Lane colony attacks
Natives by Dasamunquepeuk.
15. 11. Meager
supplies
• The colonists were running
low on food and supplies when
Governor White returned to
England in 1587.
• Write no crops & supplies by
Roanoke Island.
16. 12. Native
Guide
• Manteo, the leader of the
Croatoan, lives on Croatoan
Island, near Cape Hatteras,
and is baptized as a Christian.
He helps the colonists
negotiate with nearby tribes.
• Write Manteo helps Roanoke
settlers beside Croatoan Island
below Cape Hatteras.
17. 13. Silver cup
• Sir Richard Grenville’s men
burned a village and its corn
crop on the Pamlico Sound
because a silver cup was
missing and suspected stolen.
• Write burnt village just east of
Panawiok village.
18. Death from Killed by Joined Native
Disease/ Native American
Starvation Americans tribe(s)
19. Death from Killed by Joined Native
Disease/ Native American
Starvation Americans tribe(s)
20. Death from Killed by Joined Native
Disease/ Native American
Starvation Americans tribe(s)
Sea dogs & Battle of the Silver cup Native Guide (Manteo)
Spanish Armada
Crime & Punishment
Meager Supplies Decapitation & Meager Supplies
retaliation Musket Ball
Musket Ball Ancestors + More
Ancestors
Broken Artifacts No distress signal
Croatoan
21. Death from Killed by Joined Native
Disease/ Native American
Starvation Americans tribe(s)
Sea dogs & Battle of the Silver cup Native Guide (Manteo)
Spanish Armada
Crime & Punishment
Meager Supplies Decapitation & Meager Supplies
retaliation Musket Ball
Musket Ball Ancestors + More
Ancestors
Broken Artifacts No distress signal
Croatoan
22. The LOST
Colony
How can historians verify
evidence?
How can historians base
conclusions using evidence?
Use the WRITER’s CHECKLIST:
Determine what happened to the
Lost Colony.
• Use at least 3 pieces of
evidence to support your
conclusion.
• Identify at least 2 pieces of
evidence that are
contradictory.
