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 * ﻿Sir Walter Raleigh and The English ** **By the late 1500s the english wanted to have some of the riches of the new world to themselves. So a small group came to Queen Elizabeth I, that group included Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh who were half brothers. the two had studied the Verrazano reports from before and believed that they could find a route for China. In 1578, Raleigh and gilberst had convinced the Queen to plan to plan an expedition to the NorthWest Passage so that their country would benefit and gror rich in trade by other nations. It was turned back by heavy storms and Spanish attacks. They recieved permission for a second expedition, but the queen would not let Raleigh leave because she drempt that he would die if he sailed away. Gilbert did go but got lost at sea in 1583. The next year raleigh gained permission to go and try again but he sent people there instead. That was one of the first English settlements in the New World they would become famous for North Carolina History and The Lost Colony. **