1. Sir Walter Raleigh 1552-1618

2. Early Life  Little is known of his early life  He was a soldier in several different battles, including what has been described as a massacre of an Irish town…  Rose quickly to favor in the court of Elizabeth

3. I’m going to jail…   Involved in the early colonization of Virginia  Eloped with one of the queen’s ladies in waiting and put in the Tower of London for not getting permission from the queen. 

4. El Dorado  Went in search of the legendary city of El Dorado (City of Gold)  Unsuccessful, but went again  On second trip, his men sacked a Spanish outpost, and when he returned, he was executed to appease the Spanish 

6. Smokin…  Introduced Tobacco to England

8. Poetry  Considered unadorned and straightforward poetry of the day.  C.S. Lewis called him a silver poet for resisting Italian Renaissance influence in his poetry

9. Nymph  The Nymph’s reply to the Shepherd is probably his most famous piece

10. Sheppard’s back talkin to each other  Nymph’s Reply to the Sheppard is a reply to Christopher Marlow’s The Passionate Sheppard to his Love