The first beginning of permanent settlement in North America were nearly a hundred years after Columbuss first voyage.The Englishman Sir Walter Raleigh claimed the whole of North America for England,calling it Virginia.In 1585 he sent a small group of people who landed in Roanoke Island,but they stayed only for a year and then went back to England with another expedition, led by Drake,in 1587.A second group who landed in 1587 had all disappeared when a further expedition arrived in 1590.
The first permanent settlement in North America was in 1607. English capitalists founded two Virginia companies,a southern one based in London and a northern one based in Bristol.It was decided to give the name New England to the northern area.The first settlers in Virginia were little more t11an Wage slavesto the company.A11 were men and the experiment was not very successful.Many died.Those who survived lived in miserable conditions.By 1619 the colony had only a thousand people.
词汇:
colonization n.开拓殖民地
crew n.全体船员一队,一
settlement n.居民点
Spanish adj.西班牙的
Permanent adj.永久的
练习
1.We know for sure that colonization began at the end of the 15th century.
A.right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
2.Among the early settlers in South America in the 16th century were Spanish traders.
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