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<\/p>\nSir Walter Raleigh was one of Queen Elizabeth’s favorites. He spent much of his time in court with her and became a much disliked man because of the attention that he received from the Queen. Raleigh gained favour through his extravagant explorations. It was he who organised the colonisation of parts of America, and the creation of the colony of Virginia.<\/p>\n
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1554 Walter Raleigh born in Hayes Barton, Devon.
\n1578 Walter Raleigh sails with his half brother to America.
\n1580 Raleigh travels to Ireland and helps to put down the rebellion: this gains him favour with Queen Elizabeth.
\n1580 Raleigh is knighted, to become Sir Walter, for his work in Ireland.
\n1585 Walter Raleigh sponsors the colony of Virginia in America: it fails to establish itself.
\n1592 Raleigh falls out of favour with Elizabeth hen she discovers that he has married one of her maids.
\n1595 Sails to Guiana to search for the city of El Dorado (the city of gold).
\n1603 King James, eager to make peace with the Spanish, imprisons Raleigh on charges of treason.
\n1612 King James releases Raleigh, who promises to give King James a fortune if he allows him to return to Guiana.
\n1616 Raleigh travels to Guina. His mission fails and he attacks a Spanish settlement.
\n1618 Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for attacking the Spanish.<\/p>\n
King Henry VII<\/a> – King Henry VIII<\/a> – King Edward VI<\/a> – Queen Mary I [Bloody Mary]<\/a>– Queen Elizabeth I<\/a> – Anne Boleyn<\/a> – Mary Boleyn<\/a> – Sir Walter Raleigh<\/a> – Sir Francis Drake<\/a> – William Shakespeare<\/a>\u00a0– Margaret Beaufort<\/a> – Lambert Simnel<\/a><\/p>\n The Wars of the Roses<\/a> – Battle of Bosworth<\/a> – Battle of Stoke Field<\/a> – Protestant Reformation<\/a> – Spanish Armada<\/a><\/p>\n England in 1588: Society and Government<\/a> – Elizabethan Religious Settlement<\/a> – Challenges to the Religious Settlement<\/a> – Mary Queen of Scots<\/a> – Plots and Rebellions in the Elizabethan Age<\/a> – Anglo-Spanish Relations in the Elizabethan Age<\/a> – How did the English defeat the Spanish Armada?<\/a>– Education, Culture and Leisure<\/a> – Elizabethan Poor Law<\/a> – Voyages of Discovery<\/a> – Sir Walter Raleigh and the Roanoke and the Virginia Colony<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sir Walter Raleigh Sir Walter Raleigh was one of Queen Elizabeth’s favorites. He spent much of his time in court with her and became a much disliked man because of the attention that he received from the Queen. Raleigh gained favour through his extravagant explorations. It was he who organised the colonisation of parts of… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1220,"parent":129,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1219","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tEvents<\/h4>\n
The Elizabethan Age<\/a><\/h3>\n