Roanoke

March 25 1584
QEl granted Sir Walter Raleigh a charter to go settle in NA
Established in 1585
It is an colony that was funded and set up by London Co., so mother country is England
First English Colony
- Key player
  - Sir Walter Raleigh
  - Writer poet soldier and explorer
  - Married a lady in waiting to QEl
  - When he went back to England, the King had him locked up
  - He 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
  - One of the biggest tobacco producers in USA part of Tobacco Road
  - Virginia Dare
  - First child born in America to English parents
  - Granddaughter to John White
  - John White
  - English artist
  - Known for being the 1^st governor to Roanoke
  - Went back to England to resupply for the Roanoke settlement and when he returned all that was left was the word “Cro” reference to 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 died out
    - Captured by Indian tribes
    - Lost at sea
    - Spanish
    - Dare Stones
    - Virginea Pars Map

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