Early English Communities

What year did Sir Walter Raleigh send English settlers to start a colony on Roanoke Island?

• 1585

• 1587

• 1590

• 1607

Which word was carved on a tree at Roanoke Colony?

• CROATOAN

• JAMESTOWN

• VIRGINIA

• ENGLAND

Fill in the blank: The settlers named their new colony _______ after King James I.

• A) Roanoke

• B) Jamestown

• C) Plymouth

• D) New York

Which of the following was NOT one of the ships that brought settlers to Jamestown?

• Godspeed

• Discovery

• Mayflower

• Susan Constant

What might have caused the settlers of Roanoke Colony to disappear?

• Drought

• War

• Flood

• Earthquake