North Carolina as a colony

North Carolina is one of the thirteen colonies established by England around 1650. Theterritory was called Carolina in honor of Charles the First.Queen Elizabeth I of England tending(p) Sir Walter capital of North Carolina a charter for the establishment of asettlement in North America. Sir Raleigh and the Queen planned to establish a colonisation to be able toexplore for treasures and to sc step forward for a strategic fixing where they can raid loaded Spanish ships.Based on these reasons, an jaunt was sent in 1584 to explore for a suitable location and alikebring samples of the natures bounty on the area. After the thriving exploration, the convocationreturned to England. In 1585, the first group of colonists was organized and they arrived at the northeasternend of the Roanoke Island. Ralph Lane with seventy-five men was left in the island part SirRichard Grenville, leader of the expedition returned to England to get additional food supplies andadditional men. detrition w ith the natives occurred when the settlers attacked a village in response tothe stealing of a specie cup by the natives. By April 1586, dealing with a neighboring population haddegraded to such a degree that they attacked an expedition led by Lane to explore the RoanokeRiver.1 There was still no sign of Grenvilles fleet and due to hardships encountered, the settlersaccepted the offer of Sir Francis Drake to return to England.The hour group was led by John White and they arrived in June 1587. White assay toreestablish friendly relations with the neighboring natives. At first, the natives were hostile andaloof. yet gradually the slope gained their confidence by offering glass form and dolls as signsof friendships (Hale 128). plainly the aggrieved tribes whom Ralph Lane attacked were still unfriendlyto the new colonists and shortly thitherafter, one colonist was killed by these natives. Fearing for theirlives, White was elected to return to England to aver of their situation and ask for help. Twosignificant events occurred shortly after the colonists arrival two friendly Indians were baptizedand a child was born. Virginia Dare, as the mar was named, became the first child born to English-speaking parents in the new world.2 But White was delayed in coming suffer to the colony becauseof the sideline reasons the vessel was not in good condition to travel back home and in crossingthe Atlantic Ocean the refusal of the captain to span back to the colony during winter time and thenthe warfare with the Spanish Armada was imminent and all the able ships were tasked to fight. He wasable to return in the spring of 1590 and found only the remnants of what was once a settlement.There were no signs of life, only the word CROATAN carved on a nearby tree.3 The secondfailure can be attributed by factors beyond the control of the settlers. Although Sir Raleigh wasgiven a charter to colonize, attention was focused on the war with Spain. Cole and Warrenconcluded that , because England was so completely involved in fighting the Spanish Armada in1588, no supplies were sent, nor any communications maintained with the settlements. (403) Thecolonization might have been successful if the expedition was fully outfit with farm implements,food supplies and able manpower who are trained to do hard work in cultivating the soil. Theyshould have establish friendly relations with the natives to preserve their lives as well as with thenatives. The impact left by Ralph Lane and John White on the area was that they had spreadChristianity and English language to the new world. It is ironic that Stuart Monarch James I kinda than the visionary Elizabeth succeeded infinally planting the British flag on the American shores. (Garraty and Gay 663) In 1607, threeshiploads arrived at Jamestown sent out by the London Company of Virginia. Captain John Smith obligate a semi-dictatorial attitude to his men to check their incompetence and lack of initiative. Hisedict, He w ho does not work shall not eat (Cole and Warren 406) was effective that they conciselycultivated crops especially staple crops and tobacco. By 1610, more settlers arrived and by 1612,there were exportation of tobacco to other places. Significant too were the introduction in 1619 ofrepresentative government of import to the Englishmen who contemplated migration to the NewWorld and the beginnings of Negro servitude important despite its inhumanity, to the economicfuture of North America.(Garraty and Gay 665)Reference incliningCole, Fay-Cooper, and Harris Gaylord Warren. An Illustrated Outline of History of Mankind.Grolier Incorporated New York, 1963.Garraty, John A., and Peter Gay. The capital of South Carolina History of the World. Harper and Row New York,1972.Hale, John R. Age of Exploration. Time-Life world-wide Nederland, 1974.Historical Highlights of North Carolina .The State Library of North Carolina. 3 April 2006.14 Nov. 2006.Roanoke Island. Wikipedia The Free Encycloped ia. 14 Nov. 2006. 15 Nov. 2006.