What problems did the settlers face? Source 1

Part of a letter sent to Richard Hakluyt by Ralph Lane, dated 3 September 1585. Taken from Richard Hakluyt, The Third and Last Volume of the Voyages, Navigations, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, London, 1600, pp.254-255

Read the source carefully and then answer the questions.

Q1. Make a list of all the things that Lane thinks are good about the new country.

Q2. What does he think is wrong with America?

Q3. What does he think of the Amerindians?

Q4. If you received this letter, would you think Virginia was a good or bad place to live? Remember to give reasons for your answer.

What problems did the settlers face? Source 2

A description of the help given to the settlers when they first arrived by some of the Amerindians. Taken from Richard Hakluyt, The Third and Last Volume of the Voyages, Navigations, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, London, 1600, p.261.

Read the source carefully and then answer the questions.

Q6. What did Ensenore persuade Pemisapan to do?

Q7. What did the settlers fear?

Q8. Why do you think that the settlers needed Amerindian help?

Q9. What do you think the Amerindians thought of the settlers?

What problems did the settlers face? Source 3

A letter from the settlers to the people of England explaining why they had asked John White to return. Taken from Richard Hakluyt, The Third and Last Volume of the Voyages, Navigations, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, London, 1600, p.285.

Read the source carefully and then answer the questions.

Q10. This expedition landed in Virginia between the 22nd and 25th July 1587. How long was it before they asked the Governor, John White, to return to England? Do you think that this is a short time or a long time?

Q11. Imagine you are one of the settlers and that you have been asked to write this letter. What would you say?

Q12. Draw a table with 2 columns (or use the one below) and fill in all the good things about the settlement and all the problems the settlers faced. Do you think the settlers gave up too easily or was life just too hard in the new colony?