1. Settlements of Roanoke Island and Jamestown.

2. Roanoke Island – “The Lost Colony”
Roanoke Island was the first British settlement in North America.

3. Roanoke Island was first settled by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584.

4. Raleigh named the entire region Virginia.
However, Roanoke Island is in present day North Carolina, where the capital is named Raleigh.

5. In 1587, John White tries to start a British settlement on Roanoke Island.
He and others had to return to England later in 1587 for supplies.
Because of fighting between Britian and Spain, the colonists were unable to return to the colony until 1590.

6. Colonists returned in 1590 to find that everyone had vanished
Colonists returned in 1590 to find that everyone had vanished. Only the word “Croatoan” was carved into a tree.

7. The Settlement of Jamestown
The settlement of Jamestown was started in Virginia by the Virginia Company in 1607.

8. - 2/3’s of the colonists died of disease and hunger.
Captain John Smith saved Jamestown by:
- bargaining for food with the Powhatan Indians.
- calling for a “no work, no food” rule.

9. Model of Jamestown

10. JOHN ROLFE AND POCAHONTAS early 1850s, J. W. Glass
The colonist John Rolfe married the Powhatan princess Pocahontas.
JOHN ROLFE AND POCAHONTAS early 1850s, J. W. Glass
Pocohantas

11. This marriage brought peace between the colonists and the Powhatans, and ensured economic success for Jamestown after Pocahontas introduced tobacco to John Rolfe.