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What was the real name of the first English attempt at settling in the New World?

(Hint: Think back to the Age of Exploration Unit. It was known as the “Lost Colony”)

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In 1585, Sir Walter Raleigh took on one of the first English settlement attempts. He set up a colony of about 100 men on the east coast of North America, on land he named Virginia after Queen Elizabeth I, who being unmarried, was known as the “Virgin Queen.” These settlers only lasted for a year before returning home.

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