Roanoke- march 25 1584 Queen elizabeth granted sir walter raleigh a charter to settle north america, established in 1585, it was a english colonoly and mother country was england, sir walter raleigh was a writer poet soldier and explorer, he tried to find the city of gold, married the queens assistant, he was excuted because he loved tobacco more then food and people were dying, virginia dare was the first born child to english parents john whites daughter, john white was the first govoner of roanoke and he was a english artist, he went to england for supplies and was gone for 2 years when he got back there was nobody there, this colony was known as the lost colony, it is said they were captured by indian tribes or lost at sea
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