A history of the United States . nd Raleigh con-ceived the plan of contestingSpains advance in ^j^^ ^^^^^^^the New World by to form aplanting an English -^o^^colony across the island,seas. In 1583, after ^585-1591an unsuccessful attempt to es-tablish a colony in Newfound-land, the gentle and heroic SirHumphrey perished on thehomeward voyage. The workwas taken up by his half-brother Raleigh, a born cour-tier, who by the grace and dignity of his bearing hadwon the heart of the queen. Raleigh sent out an exploringexpedition to the coast of North Carolina in 1584, namingthe new realm Virginia in h
A history of the United States . nd Raleigh con-ceived the plan of contestingSpains advance in ^j^^ ^^^^^^^the New World by to form aplanting an English -^o^^colony across the island,seas. In 1583, after ^585-1591an unsuccessful attempt to es-tablish a colony in Newfound-land, the gentle and heroic SirHumphrey perished on thehomeward voyage. The workwas taken up by his half-brother Raleigh, a born cour-tier, who by the grace and dignity of his bearing hadwon the heart of the queen. Raleigh sent out an exploringexpedition to the coast of North Carolina in 1584, namingthe new realm Virginia in honor of the queen, and the follow-ing year nearly two hundred colonists were landed on Roa-noke Island under Captain Ralph Lane as governor. Thenext spring, when Drake came by on his way home from acruise in the West Indies, he found them so helpless and dis-heartened by the experiences of the winter that he tookthem back to England. A few days later Grenville arrivedwith suppUes sent by Raleigh, but finding none of the settlers. Sir Humphrey Gilbert. 20 The Colonies he left fifteen men on the island to retain possession andreturned to England. In May, 1587, Raleigh sent out another body of onehundred and fifty colonists, including twenty-five women andFailure of children, under the painter John White as gov-the enter- ernor, with instructions to proceed to Chesapeake^^® Bay; but when they arrived at Roanoke, although none of the men left the year before could be found, theydecided for some reason to remain there. Here the daughterof the governor gave birth to a child, Virginia Dare, the firstEnglish subject born in America. In November Governor White returned to England forsupplies. He found his countrymen in a state of turmoiland excitement, bending every effort to defend their religionand their firesides against the formidable armada whichSpain was preparing for their conquest. The followingsummer the armada was defeated in the channel, but afterthe crisis was passed Raleig
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