Why did the settlement fail? Source 1

An account by Ralph Lane describing how he found out about an Amerindian settlement near the River Chawonock. Taken from Captain John Smith, General History of Virginia, London, 1624, p.6.

Read the source carefully and then answer the questions.

Q1. How does Lane get the information about the Amerindian settlement near the River Chawonock?

Q2. Is this a sensible way of getting information? How do you think it is seen by the Amerindians?

Q3. Why does Lane want to visit the settlement?

Q4. The trip does not go ahead. Why? What would you have done?

Why did the settlement fail? Source 2

A description of a copper mine by Ralph Lane. Taken from Captain John Smith, General History of Virginia, London, 1624, p.7.

Read the source carefully and then answer the questions.

Q4. Where does Lane go and what does he want to see?

Q6. Why do you think he would be interested in going to see it? Does the source tell you anything about why people wanted to establish a settlement in America?

Q7. Food supplies were short and there was no way of knowing if a relief ship was on the way. Would you make the trip to Chaunis Temoatan or would you stay in Roanoke? Why?

Why did the settlement fail? Source 3

Part of Lane’s report to Raleigh. It describes a foiled attack on the settlement by Pemisapan, the local Amerindian chief. Taken from Richard Hakluyt, The Third and Last Volume of the Voyages, Navigations, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, 1600, pp.261-2.

Read the source carefully and then answer the questions.

Q8. This is a very visual account of how Pemisapan planned to attack the settlers. Imagine you are a documentary maker and you want to use this incident in a film you are making about the Roanoke settlement. Use the table below to make a list of all the key features of the proposed attack and them use the other column to record how you would show it on film. The first line has been filled in as an example.

Tarraquine, Andacon and 20 men wait for dark to begin their attack

Show the men of the fort settling down for the night. Some go their houses, some stay on watch.

In the trees outside the fort show the Amerindians waiting for night to fall and the settlers go to sleep.

Q9. Make a list of all the reasons given in the sources for the failure of the settlement. If you have also looked at the other Case Study you may like to use that information as well.