Roanoke:
- 1584, Queen Elizabeth I granted Sir Walter Raleigh a charter to go settle in North America
- Established in 1585
- It is a colony that was funded and set up by London Co.
- Mother country: England
- 1st English Colony
- Sir Walter Raleigh
- Writer, poet, soldier, and explorer
- Married a lady in waiting to Queen Elizabeth I
- When back in England, the King had him locked up
- He then was released, and set out to find the “City of Gold” (not successful)
- He was later imprisoned again but this time he was executed
- Raleigh NC is named after him and it is also one of the biggest tobacco producers in USA, part of “Tobacco Road”
- Virginia Dare
- 1st child born in America to English parents
- Granddaughter to John White
- John White
- English artist
- Known for being 1st governor of Roanoke
- Went back to England to resupply for the Roanoke settlement and when he returned all that was left was the word “Cro” probability for the word Croaton which was an Indian tribe
- The houses were disassembled so it is very unlikely that they left quickly or forced to leave
- Known as the “lost colony”
- How they may have died out:
- Captured by Indian Tribes (most likely)
- Lost at sea
- Spanish
- Dare Stones
- Virginea Pars Map
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