SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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Eleanor Dare
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Virginia Dare
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John Smith
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John White
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Detailed explanation-1: -Virginia Dare was born on August 18, 1587, and was the first English child born in the New World. Dare’s parents were part of Sir Walter Raleigh’s expedition to explore and settle land in North America on behalf of the English crown.
Detailed explanation-2: -On August 18, 1587, Virginia Dare became the first child born in the Americas to English parents. She was named in honor of the Virgin Queen of England, Elizabeth I.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first known English child known to have been born in what the English called Virginia was named Virginia Dare. She was born on August 18, 1587 at the colony on Roanoke Island.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ananias Dare (c. 1560 – 1587, legal death) was a colonist of the Roanoke Colony of 1587. He was the husband of Eleanor White, whom he married at St Bride’s Church in London, and the father of Virginia Dare, the first English child born in America.
Detailed explanation-5: -Virginia Dare was the daughter of Ananias Dare, and the first English child born in the Americas.