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Sir Walter Raleigh And Roanoak Analysis
SIR WALTER RALEIGH and ROANOAK

In September of 1584, the first 116 colonists arrived in Roanoke. The settlers established relations with the natives, Secotans and Croatoans. Relations between the colonist and the natives seemed amicable. Sir Walter Raleigh (and his friends) financed this expedition. He was a very interesting Englishman. He was a politician, explorer, aristocrat, soldier, and merchandiser of tobacco. He was quite the fellow and impressed Elizabeth I, In turn she knighted him in 1585. The Queen granted Raleigh a royal patent to explore Virginia. This would be the first English would set foot on the New World soil. John White was on this original voyage and became the governor of Roanoke. This journey was sponsored

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