The capital city of North Carolina is named after which famous explorer?

Raleigh is the capital of the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees, which line the streets in the heart of the city. The city covers a land area of 142.8 square miles (370 km2). Approximately 550 thousand people live there today. It is also one of the fastest-growing cities in the country.

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The city of Raleigh is named after Sir Walter Raleigh, best known for establishing the lost Roanoke Colony in present-day Dare County. Raleigh was Queen Elizabeth I's favorite, who rewarded him with large estate in Ireland, knighthood, and the right to colonize North America. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London and eventually put to death for treason.

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wordster

Does it trike anyone else that it seems like a terrible jump from being awarded colonization rights in America) a dubious proposition in itself) to suddenly being thrown in the Tower and executed? Surely they must be a few intriguing facts missing from the explanation.

Linda Grimaldo

Two question I did not mean to answer I knew them but could not correct them😁

gcarl

Lynne Zeman. When found guilty of Treason, the penalty is death. It does not matter what the crime is, there are no degrees of treason.

Iancompat

wordster, He fell out of favour with Elizabeth after "an intrigue" with one of her Maids of honour. He was imprisoned in the Tower and released several times before being stitched up by his enemies and got the chop from James I of England.

Yevette Allen

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wordster

krkyates, Unless you have some long-lost documents that Sir Walter Raleigh was somehow behind the endless string of abortions since the 16th century, why don't you take you irrelevant opinion (this quiz was about Raleigh, not right-wing politics) and roll it in the shape of a cone.