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  • Survivors of the Roanoke Colony returned to England for supplies with what man?
    Sir Frances Drake
  • What letters were carved on the tree near the river when John White returned?
    CRO
  • What two Native Americans went to England with Sir Francis Drake?
    Manteo and Wanchese
  • What word was carved near the palisade fence near the Roanoke settlement?
    CROATOAN
  • What word was carved near the palisade fence near the Roanoke settlement?
    CROATOAN
  • What is the name of the wealthy Englishman who decided to explore the new world and sent an expedition that landed on the Outer Banks of NC?
    Sir Walter Raleigh
  • The Roanoke settlement had been built with a large protecting fence around it called what?
    Pallasaide
  • True or false - the first expedition from England to Roanoke was men only but the second expedition had men, women, and children.
    TRUE
  • When John White returned to the Roanoke Colony how old should his granddaughter, Virginia Dare, have been?
    3
  • Who was to be the governor of the second Roanoke Colony?
    John White
  • What word was carved near the palisade fence near the Roanoke settlement?
    CROATOAN
  • What was the settling place of Walter Raleigh's expedition?
    Roanoke Island
  • In good weather, how long did the voyage from England to the New World normally take?
    6 weeks
  • In what year did Walter Raleigh's settlement land on Roanoke Island?
    1586
  • What was the name of the first English child born in the New World?
    Virginia Dare
  • A group set sail from Roanoke back to England to get supplies. They were interrupted by what event?
    An attack by the Spanish