Age of Exploration - England

​Age of Exploration - England

The country of England is an island that is part of the continent​ Europe.

Let's recap.... Just where is England?

Match

Geography review! Match the place to it's location.

• England is on which continent?

• The United States of America is on which Continent?

• Virginia is part of which country?

Europe

North America

USA

• Europe

• North America

• USA

​Exploring new places provided ways for countries to make more money and become wealthier.

Great Economic Opporunity

To become wealthier they wanted to trade goods with more places then just Asia. It was a shorter distance to North America too than it was to many Asian countries.

New Trade Routes

Reasons that European countries started exploring...

European countries are very small when it comes to the size of land. Because of this there weren't as many natural resources such as timber (trees), metals like copper, silver and gold (they hoped), iron, and animal furs.

Natural Resources

During the 15th and 16th centuries, the amount of land a country had could make that country more powerful. Most European nations wanted to be more powerful than their enemies, so they established more settlements.

​​New Settlement Locations

​Have you ever played Monopoly? The person who owns the most properties usually wins the game.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a reason for European Exploration?

• New trade routes

• Natural Resources

• New Settlements

• To find new sports to play

Roanoke Island, North Carolina was England's first attempt at a "permanent" settlement. Permanent means something that lasts forever, or for a very long time, and will not change back. It took 3 separate voyages to finally start the colony.

​If at first you don't succeed...try, try again!

The Roanoke Colonies was an ambitious attempt by Queen Elizabeth I of England to establish a permanent North American settlement.

Queen Elizabeth I

Under the Queen's direction, Raleigh led the endeavor to establish a colony in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Sir Walter Raleigh

Multiple Choice

Who was the Monarch of England that wanted to establish a permanent settlement in the Outer Banks?
*Hint - A monarch is not a butterfly, it is usually a king or queen, the main ruler of a country.

• King George

• King James

• Queen Elizabeth I

• Sir Walter Raleigh

• After 3 attempts, the explorers and colonists were finally able to establish a colony on Roanoke Island in the Outer Banks.

• The colony survived for a time, and the first Enghlish child, Virginia Dare, was born in the new world.

• After just one year though, English ships returned to Roanoke to discover the colony had vanished in 1590.

• Since then it has been known as "The Lost Colony"!
  
  

Roanoke Island

​This painting depicts the baptism of the baby Virginia Dare, the first English child born in America.

Multiple Choice

What is the nickname of the Roanoke Island colony that disappeared?

• "The Lost Colony"

• The Outer Banks

• The first permanant English Settlement

• Jamestown

After the failed attempt at establishing a permanent settlement in the Outer Banks, England looked North toward the Chesapeake Bay where they believed the Indigenous People to be friendlier.

​Well that didn't work, so what's next?

King James was now the head of England, and granted a Charter to the Virginia Company of London to establish a settlement in North America.

Charters

Three ships, the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery embarked with 144 people accross the Atlantic Ocean in December of 1606.

​​The Journey

After 4 1/2 months at sea, the colonists finally landed on the Jamestown peninsula in the Chesapeake Bay.

​​Landing in Jamestown

Map of Virginia in 1607

Map of Virginia Today

​This first map of Virginia was drawn by Captain John Smith.

Maps of Viginia

Draw

Time to draw your own map of Virginia.

• Once England established the first small colony of Jamestown, then many others quickly followed.

• In just 126 years, the first 13 colonies of the New World were established.

• These colonies were not just one small town, but regions that contained many towns and cities.

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​What did one permanent settlement mean?

There were times that the colonists got along with the natives who lived here, and other times that they did not.
The colonists would not have survived their early years though had it not been for the help of people like the Powhatan and Pocahontas.

Disagreements with the Indigenous People

​Several disagreements with the English finally led to the Colonies wanting to separate from them.
Our Independence wasn't won with just a Declaration, but was gained through the long and difficult Revolutionary War.

​​Disagreements with England

Multiple Choice

What war was fought for America to gain it's independence from England?

• The Civil War

• The war of 1812

• The French and Indian War

• The Revolutionary War

Once we had obtained our freedom, the colonists could declare themselves their own new county - The United States of America!

​​becoming a Country

After the Revolutionary War, those original 13 colonies became our first 13 states.

Becoming States

Multiple Choice

How many orginial colonies became the first states of America?

• 50

• 13

• 10

• 7