Name: CHROEUN Sokay

Summary Worksheet 3
Directions: Read each passage. Highlight or underline necessary information. Write your summary.
1. The English were not the first Europeans to land The English were not the first Europeans to land their
their ships on American soil. The Vikings had
ships on American but as f English presented in North
discovered North America in the 11th century.
Columbus landed in the Bahamas in 1492 for Spain, America, the United States of America became the
and the French began expeditions to the New World
thirteen English colonies.
in 1524. But the first English presence in North
America is important because the thirteen English
colonies that would later be established eventually
became the country now known as the United States
of America.

2. In April of 1585 Sir Walter Raleigh, under the

3. In July of that year the bulk of the fleet reached a In July, Roanoke stepped on Virginia and started
small island off the coast of Virginia that was called
relationship with Native American. However, These
Roanoke. After building a small fort on the north side
of the island, the colonists initiated relations with a Natives showed unsatisfaction with English colonists.
Native American tribe that lived on the island, the
The missing one of their silver cups caused the English
Aquascogoc. These natives showed little interest in
building relations with the English colonists, and they captain angry with the Aquascogoc that got
soon parted company. After this encounter, however, Aquascogoc village burned because he believed that it
the English noticed that one of their silver cups had
gone missing, and they attributed its disappearance to had been stolen by the Aquascogoc.
the Aquascogoc. Grenville, the English captain, was
furious. He believed that the Aquascogoc had stolen
the silver cup. Whether or not this was true, angry
exchanges followed and soon the English burned the
Aquascogoc village. The English held their fort
against the subsequent attacks of the natives.

4. Despite their success in battle, the colonists had a After beat the Natives, the colonist had bad like
miserable time because they were mainly soldiers and starvation and uncomfortability. Moreover, the
adventurers, not farmers. They were hungry. They expectation to find gold and silver was disappointed.
missed the comforts of England, such as soft feather Due to the tired condition of the colony, the colonists
beds and dainty foods. Also, they had expected to
decided to abandon it and returned to England.
find gold and silver on the island, and were
disappointed when they found none. Grenville soon
tired of these conditions and set out on his ship to
plunder Spanish treasure fleets and return to England.
The colony was gradually abandoned.
In 1587, three ships and 150 colonists mostly 5. In 1587 Sir Walter Raleigh dispatched a further
expedition of three ships and 150 colonists, led by
civilians were led to Roanoke by John White.
John White, to Roanoke. This time the expedition
Elenora who White’s daughter delivered a child included women and children, including White’s
pregnant daughter, Elenora. Shortly after they
named Virginia, the first English born in America.
reached Roanoke, Elenora delivered a child whom
Colonists sooner ran into trouble after one of them they named Virginia. Virginia was the first English
person born in America. But the English soon ran
was killed by the Native. Due to this situation, they
into more trouble with the Native Americans. A
tried to persuade White to ask for help from Sir colonist named George Howe was killed by natives
while searching for crabs alone on the beach. The
Walter Raleigh.
colonists were scared. They persuaded White to sail
back to England to ask Sir Walter Raleigh for help.
White left behind 114 colonists, including his
daughter Elenora and granddaughter Virginia.

During that tough time, England was preparing for 6. Unfortunately for White and the colonists,
a naval war with Spain. All ports were ceased. In England was preparing for a naval war with Spain.
1590, he could return to Roanoke. Unfortunately, All shipping from English ports was ceased. It took
White three years to get his relief expedition back to
he found no sign of all. Only three letter “CRO”
Roanoke. When he returned in August of 1590,
were found that referred to Croatoan Island which White found no sign of his daughter, granddaughter,
nearby. However, he was failed to find them. or anyone else. They found three letters, “CRO,”
carved on a tree and the full word, “CROATOAN,”
on a nearby post. Possibly this referred to the
Croatoan Island, which was nearby. White searched
long and anxiously, but failed to find them.

In 1595, Sir Walter Raleigh searched and sent 7. No further trace of the lost colony has ever been
search-party in 1602 to find colonists. However, found. Sir Walter Raleigh himself searched for the
there was no sign of them and on one knows till colonists in 1595, and he sent another search-party
now. in 1602, but nothing came of either attempt. To this
day no one knows for certain what happened to the
colonists.