Notes:
**Settlements and Colonies in the present day America** Roanoke -March 25, 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, so mother country is England -first English colony -Sir Walter Raleigh: -writer, poet, soldier, explorer -married a lady-in-waiting(assistant) 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 -Virginia Dare -first child born in America to English parents -granddaughter to John White -John White -English artist -known for being the 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 world Croaton which was an Indian tribe -the houses were disassembled so it is very unlikely that they left quickly or forced to leave -Roanoke is 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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