Walter+Raleigh

12/20/11
**Walter Raleigh**

===Walter Raleigh was born during the year of 1552 in Devon, England. He was an English writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, explorer, privateer and an aristocrat. He grew up in a Protestant family and practiced this religion for his entire life. His parents were Walter Raleigh and Catherine Champernowne. He also had a step brother named Sir Humphrey, a sister named Margaret, and a brother named Carew. In 1567, he joined a troop of a hundred horse, which was raised by a family member called the Compte de Montgomerie. Walter also battled for the French Huguenots during the year of 1567.===

===The struggles of Walter Raleigh’s life are that he witnessed the St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre in which French Protestants were executed by French Catholics in Paris. He was also imprisoned by King James in the year of 1603 in the Tower of London. Raleigh was then released in 1612, but had promised to give King James a fortune. In 1616, he traveled to Guiana but his mission failed so he then attacked the Spanish settlement. After, he had attacked the Spanish, he was beheaded.===

===Walter Raleigh’s main accomplishment was when he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth and crowned governor of the new territory of Roanoke Island, North Carolina in the year of 1585. Roanoke Island, North Carolina was established by Walter Raleigh. He was crowned governor and knighted because he was said to be Queen Elizabeth’s favorite. He had also put down the Irish rebellion and planned to find the American colony which Raleigh had already named Virginia in honor of the Queen.===

===This influenced the world by the leadership found in Walter Raleigh and the English people that settled in this colony. What I have learned about Walter Raleigh is that he demonstrated and what I respect about him is his leadership to his colony and the great accomplishments he succeded during his life. He showed leadership to his colony by putting down Irish rebellions and establishing the colony of Roanoke Island. Many of his great accomplishments also show leadership and strength as a governor and a knight.===

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