An American history . REGION OF RALEIGHS SETTLEMENT The site of Raleighs settlement is on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. Hesent over three relays of colonists — in 1585,1586, and 1587. The third was com-manded by John White. It comprised one hundred and fifty people, includingseventeen women. The first American child of English blood was born in thisfated colony of Roanoke. She was named Virginia DRAKE REPAIRING HIS SHIP THE PROLOGUE TO AMERICAN HISTORY 23 In their country they allowed no one to hold any religiousviews not authorized by the government. Abroad their dip-lomats had sough
An American history . REGION OF RALEIGHS SETTLEMENT The site of Raleighs settlement is on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. Hesent over three relays of colonists — in 1585,1586, and 1587. The third was com-manded by John White. It comprised one hundred and fifty people, includingseventeen women. The first American child of English blood was born in thisfated colony of Roanoke. She was named Virginia DRAKE REPAIRING HIS SHIP THE PROLOGUE TO AMERICAN HISTORY 23 In their country they allowed no one to hold any religiousviews not authorized by the government. Abroad their dip-lomats had sought to make their religion a means for advanc-ing the interests of Spain. They had skillfully underminedthe influence of France and had set Spain in the place ofFrance at the head of the CathoHc world. They now at-tempted to use their religion as a political weapon in theattack on England. PhiHp II appealed to the English Catho-lics to look upon him, not as the invader of their country,but as the champion of their faith. Had the Catholics ofEngland met him in that spirit, the war of 1588 would havehad only political significance; but what was done by EnghshCatholics ^ that year opened splendidly a new chapter in theevolution of human freedom. Elizabeth offered the command of the English navy, thesupreme responsibility for the defense of England, to a greatCatholic nobleman, Charles, Lord Howard, of
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