What Is Ralegh's First Expedition?

QUESTION 1 Plunder (P.39) - is an old Middle High German word that originally meant "household goods and clothes": in other words, your stuff. Pinnace (P.40) - a small boat, with sails or oars, forming part of the equipment of a warship or other large vessel. Reconnoiter (P.41) – to make a military observation of a region. Algonquian-speaking people (P.46) - relating to a family of North American Indian languages formerly spoken across a vast area from the Atlantic seaboard to the Great Lakes and the Great Plains. Cornucopia (P.62) – also meaning horn of plenty is a symbol of abundance and nourishment, commonly a large horn-shaped container overflowing with produce,
flowers or nuts. Frigate (P.68) - a warship with a mixed armament, generally heavier than a destroyer (in the US Navy) and of a kind originally introduced for convoy escort work. Palisade (P.77) - a fence of wooden stakes or iron railings fixed in the ground, forming an enclosure or defense

QUESTION 2 Walter Ralegh
- He organized his first expedition to the New World that world carry two ships. (P.39)
- He also organized a large expedition to establish a harbor on Roanoke Island, from which English privateers could harass Spanish shipping in the Caribbean and western Atlantic, established a long term English presence in the New World that would in time fatally undermine the Spain’s empire. (P.60) Philip Amada and Arthur Barlowe
- They commanded Raleigh’s first expedition to the New World. (P.40)
- They discovered the Island Roanoke, described by Barlowe as “a most pleasant and fertile ground” inhabited by peaceful Indians, the Secotans, the Englishmen’s friends and allies. (P.55) Thomas Hariot
- He taught the two Indian men that had arrived in England, English. (P.60)

Hakluyt
- He played a vital role in Ralegh”s propaganda efforts. His “Discourse on Western Planting,” completed in 1584, brought together a huge amount of current information about America. The “Discourse” was highly influential in government circles in summarizing opinions about how to undermine Spanish power in America and advocating the benefits of English colonization. (P.61&62)
- He urged the queen to support her most willing “and forward” subjects (such as Ralegh) in planting colonies and exploring the continent. (P.63) April 1584
- By end of this date, Raleigh’s first expeditors were ready to leave Plymouth to the new world.
(P.39) April 9, 1585
- Ralegh’s second expedition took place. ( P.68) April 27, 1584
- First two ships left the west coast of England to West Indies. (P.41)

QUESTION 3 - Dorothy - One of Ralegh’s ships that took on the first expedition. (P.39) - Tiger - Elizabeth’s ship that would take on the second expedition. (P.65) - Roanoke Island - the Island discovered by Amadas and Barlow on their first expedition to the new world. (P.55)

- Question on the minds of the Indians who sighted the ships of Amadas and Barlowe. The question was whether the strangers had come to trade, fight or settle. These questions run through their minds because the Indians had previously encountered other whites who came to their land and killed many people because one of the white men was murdered. (P.45&46) - Indians were not characterized by Inequalities in wealth or social hierarchies. They had access to land and there were no social divisions. (P.48)

- Rituals were vital to the Indian society. They celebrated their success in ceremonies and called upon the Gods to maintain the fertility of their land.
(P.51) - Spanish Netherlands. The major threat to England’s security and the conflict between the Catholics and Protestants in Europe was the Spanish Netherlands. (P.56)

QUESTION 4 Q. What was the main reason behind Ralegh’s expedition?

QUESTION 5 Why did the queen not allow Ralegh to lead the expedition. (P.65) After I researched on www.biography.com/ralegh , I learnt that Ralegh was the queen’s favorite and did not want him to leave her service. QUESTION 6 1. Colonization and Privateering (P.40)
The idea behind Raleigh taking on the expedition was to colonize and privatize the new world. 3. Religion (P.62)
The English wanted to Christianize the new world by converting millions of Indians into Christianity and also establishing the Anglican church in North America , which world serve as a counter balance to the expansion of Catholicism in Spain’s possessions.