The Roanoke Colony was the first English settlement in America. It vanished. The mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke Island has baffled society for hundreds of years. A group of settlers disappeared into North America with hardly a trace and no one has seen concrete evidence of their existence in centuries. Many theories have ...
The colony of Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in America. Everyone learned in elementary school about Captain John Smith and the famous Indian Princess, Pocahontas. Yet, there was an earlier, important English colony in America that many people do not know about. Historians call it the lost colony. It was the colony of ...
The story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke is a great American mystery, one that endures to this day. Mentioning the word ‘Roanoke’ prompts a wide array of speculation, opinions, and, as to be expected, ghost stories. Before the settlement of famous Jamestown and tales of a native named Squanto helping the Pilgrims, before the ...
West Virginia’s nickname is “Mountain State.” The origin of the name was suggested by Sir Walter Raleigh around 1584. Queen Elizabeth I, who was known as the “Virgin Queen,” was his inspiration. Our current state motto is “Montani Semper Liberi,” which translates to “Mountaineers Are Always Free.” West Virginia seceded from Virginia on June 20, ...
The legend has served filmmakers well: Walter Raleigh removing his cloak and tossing it over a puddle of water so that Queen Elizabeth I would not be forced to muddy her feet perfectly combines both the romantic and political. Too bad it’s probably not true, but then again maybe it is. Not that it matters. ...
Roanoke Island is a place of history as the English first settled there in 1585. But the mystery of what happened to the one hundred settlers is still not solved. Sir Walter Raleigh had sent one hundred men to Roanoke Island as he saw it as a place where English warships could be repaired because ...
The influence of the pineapple fruit is apparent in the enchanting array of decorations available that use the pineapple form as part of its creation. We hear of architectural elements like pineapple pedestals, pineapple brackets and corbels as well as pineapple wall sculptures, and of its use in the kitchen in the form of pineapple ...
Imagine returning to the location of what had previously been a burgeoning colony of over 100 settlers only to find the village abandoned with no trace of the occupants. This is what happened to John White at Roanoke Island. The circumstances surrounding the disappearance of the Roanoke Colony is one of the biggest mysteries in ...
Sir Walter Raleigh was born about 1554 near Budleigh Salterton in Devonshire, England. He was a soldier, poet, historian, scientist, and explorer. Raleigh’s birth near the sea turned his thoughts to adventure at an early age. He fought in the wars with France in his youth, and attended Oriel College in Oxford. He soon won ...
The concept of hearsay can be quite a complex matter to understand. There are different rules of when hearsay is admissible and when it is inadmissible. A general knowledge of the hearsay rule is needed when dealing with informants. There are several different exceptions to this rule. These exceptions to the hearsay rule will be ...
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