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Walter Raleigh is born at Hayes Barton in East Budleigh, Devon shire, England, the son of Walter Raleigh a farmer and Katherine Champernowne.
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Walter Raleighs fleet of seven vessels sailed to Ranoke Island with Richard Grenville, Ralph Lane and one hundred and eight other people to establish an english colony there.
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Walter Raleigh gets knighted by Queen Elizabeth and she makes him govender of the new terrortory found by Amandas and Barlowe. He names it Virginia in Queen Elizabeths honer.
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Sir Walter Raleigh falls out of favour with Queen Elizabeth when she finds out he married Bess Throckmortan, her servent.
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Queen Elizabeth ordered Sir Walter Raleigh to be placed in the tower of London but was realeased when Buckelhem convinced King James that Sir Walter Raleigh could find gold and bring back gold for England.
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Sir Walter Raleigh leaves England in search of El Darado (city of gold) but fails instead exploring the Orinco river in South America and discovering Guyana,
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On Sir Walter Raleighs way back to England after discovering Guyana he attacked the spanish. King Jamed was eager to make peace with the spanish so he ordered Sir Walter Raleigh to a death sentence.
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Sir Walter Raleigh was beheaded for attacking the spanish.
