A history of the United States for Catholic schools . onies in Virginia, Raleighplanned these expeditions and furnished a large part of thefunds to fit them out. In 1584 he sent out Amidas and Barlowe,who explored Albemarle and Pamlico sounds, and visited Roa-noke Island. LTpon their return to England, Queen Elizabethcalled the country which they described Virginia, in honor ofher own maiden state. Raleigh next sent out (1585) a company of men under theleadership of Ralph Lane and Sir Richard Grenville. Theseestablished a colony on Roanoke Island. The colonists spenttheir time in searching for
A history of the United States for Catholic schools . onies in Virginia, Raleighplanned these expeditions and furnished a large part of thefunds to fit them out. In 1584 he sent out Amidas and Barlowe,who explored Albemarle and Pamlico sounds, and visited Roa-noke Island. LTpon their return to England, Queen Elizabethcalled the country which they described Virginia, in honor ofher own maiden state. Raleigh next sent out (1585) a company of men under theleadership of Ralph Lane and Sir Richard Grenville. Theseestablished a colony on Roanoke Island. The colonists spenttheir time in searching for gold and for a western their provisions were exhausted and they went back toEngland with Sir Francis Drake, who was returning from oneof his expeditions to the West Indies. Raleigh sent another colony (1587) to Roanoke Island. Thistime the company consisted of men and women under thecommand of John White. Governor White soon returned toEngland in the interest of the colony. There he found the 50 A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES f :<^z. attention of the whole kingdom directed toward the InvincibleArmada, hence he was unable to revisit the island for someyears. When at length he arrived at Roanoke Island in 1590the colony had disappeared. 61. Results of Ra-leighs Efforts. ThoughRaleigh was not success-ful in planting a colonyin America, he lived longenough to see his plansrealized in 1607, whenEngland founded herfirst permanent settle-ment at Jamestown, Vir-ginia. Raleighs Americancolonists introduced intoEngland the white potatoor New Root, tobaccoor New Weed, andmaize or Indian potato soon becamethe leading product inIreland, and is now calledthe Irish potato. Thesmoking of tobacco isnow world-wide. Its pro-duction constituted thechief source of wealth ofseveral of the early English colonies. The soil and climate ofEurope proved unsuited to the growth of Indian corn, andAmerica still leads the world as a corn-producing country. 62. The Defeat of the Invi
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