Raleigh and Virginia
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- Raleigh and Virginia
- Raleigh and the Attempted Colonisation of Virginia
- Walter Raleigh
- became explorer
- Elizabeth gave Raleigh a grant to explore
- Raleigh raised funds but did not lead colonists
- Reasons to colonise
- trade
- independence of England
- welcoming & friendly natives
- investors believed trip was profitable
- provides base in case of attack
- success= easy to fund other ventures
- Walter Raleigh
- The Failure of Virginia
- lack of food
- unable to provide for themselves- struggle to feed for themselves
- poor leadership
- people had little direction/ purpose--> abandonment of colony
- lack of skill & experience
- merchants & landowners lacked physical capacity= vulnerable & unable to defend
- Native American attack
- Wiginia killed off--> Indian attack leading to death or colonists turned to slaves
- the war with Spain
- few ships available= colonists isolated
- significance
- template for other settlements
- lead to 13 colonies set up
- lack of food
- Raleigh and the Attempted Colonisation of Virginia
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