Transcript C4.L3.pp
Chapter 4
European Settlements
Lesson 3
THE ENGLISH IN AMERICA
Pages 156-159
The English in the Americas
• Quick Summary
• This lesson identifies and describes
English exploration and settlements in
North America.
Objectives
• Identify areas of the Americas that the
English explored and settled.
• Explain motivations for English exploration
and settlement.
• Analyze how England and its colonists
dealt with scarcity.
• List English explorers and describe their
influence on early colonization.
Review p. 157
• Why did Queen Elizabeth I protect the
English pirates known as sea dogs?
• Because they shared their wealth with the
government.
Sailing in the Golden Hind, Drake captured a
Spanish treasure ship.
Map p. 157
• Which ocean did Drake cross to reach
Asia?
• Pacific Ocean.
Review p. 158
• What did Raleigh hope to gain from the
colony of Roanoke Island?
• He hoped to gain lumber and raw
materials for England.
John White’s Map p. 158
• Why do you think ships are shown along
the coastline?
• The ships were bringing supplies to and
from the colonies.
Review p. 159
• Why did John White return to England?
• He returned to England to get more food
and other supplies.
When John White returned to Roanoke
Island, he found that the settlers were gone
and that the word CROATOAN had been
carved into a post.
Summarize Key Content
• England explored North America for its
resources, for wealth, to increase land
claims and to start colonies.
• The English established their first North
American colony on Roanoke Island.
• The English failed in their early attempts
at colonizing North America.
LESSON 4.3 REVIEW
• CATEGORIZE. Who might you put into the
category of “English pirates”?
• Sir Francis Drake.
LESSON 1 REVIEW
• 1 BIG IDEA. Why did the English begin to
settle in North America?
• To obtain wealth and natural resources
and to expand land claims.
LESSON 1 REVIEW
• 2 VOCABULARY. Define the terms sea dog
and raw materials.
• A sea dog was an English pirate who
plundered Spanish ships. A raw material
is a resource use to make a product.
LESSON 1 REVIEW
• 3 TIME LINE. In what year did Raliegh’s
first colonists land on Roanoke Island?
• In 1585
LESSON 1 REVIEW
• History. Where did the English first set up
a colony?
• In present-day North Carolina
LESSON 1 REVIEW
• 5 CRITICAL THINKING— Evaluate. Why
do you think it would be important that
the English colonists reached Roanoke
Island in time to plant crops?
• To have food for the coming year. No
grocery stores.
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