Roanoke Colony

Jamestown is thought by most of our general population to be the first colony in the New World. This is only half true. Jamestown is considered our first successful colony, however it was not our first attempt at a colony. There were a few attempts to colonize the New World before Jamestown and one in particular that is found to be interesting is Roanoke also known as the Lost Colony. It received this name due to the fact that the colonists that settled this colony disappeared very mysteriously.

In 1587 a group of men, women, and children led by Sir John White set sail for America and landed on a North Carolina island called Roanoke (Shirley

The story of the Lost Colony has fascinated people across four centuries and remains one of the enduring mysteries of early America. There are several theories put forth to explain the disappearance, but despite efforts by historians, archeologists, and other investigators, the fate of these early colonists seems destined to remain a mystery.

The Roanoke was an important part in Virginia history, it was the first attempt for a permanent English settlement in the new world. It was founded by Sir Walter Raleigh in the 1585 and he brought 100 colonists with him to Virginia and left them behind. Walter also had brought his daughter which soon gave birth to the first English child born in America. Her name was Virginia Dare. He had to go back to England because he had to fight in the Spanish war. He sent a fleet of ships in between the 3 years he was fighting but they did not make it to the settlement, instead they landed on a different island and the captain of the ship refused to go any farther than that island. When Raleigh returned 3 years later the only clues that him and the colonists that came with him found were the words CROA and CROATON carved into 2 trees. Before Raliegh had left them 3 years earlier he told them if there was was any trouble then to carve a cross in a tree. They searched all the trees around but did not find any crosses carved. But recently they have done a tree test on the wood that the word CROATON was carved into and they figured out that when he was gone there was extreme drought conditions that were going on while Raleigh was gone. Nobody really knows what happened to the settlement but there has been very educated guesses from historians. One guess came from a historian studying this subject ”That the croaton indian tribe 50 miles away might have something to do with it.” But the

The lost colony of Roanoke was a colony on an island off of the North Carolina coast. It is now located in the Outer Banks. Their governor returned to England for supplies, his return was delayed by a war between England and Spain. He returned three years later and found nothing but the buildings they built. It is believed the colonists split into many smaller groups and unified with local American indians. The main indian tribe they joined was the croatoins. There are many reasons why they left. We will explore the reasons why they left and where they went.

When people disappear nowadays most of the time we find them sooner rather than later or at least find out what happened to them, but in the case of the settlers of Roanoke who disappeared over 400 years ago we never found out what happened to them or where they went, but the downfall of the first attempt at making a colony on Roanoke Island does offer some clues as to what might have happened. In 1584, Queen Elizabeth allowed Sir Walter Ralegh to establish a colony on Roanoke Island and he did begin to do so, but after some time things went south with the Roanoke Indians who already lived there and the English retreated back to England. Against common sense, Ralegh decided to launch a second attempt at making a colony on Roanoke and what happened to them is unknown. In 1586, the second colony was launched but the commander of it had to leave to go back to England for four years, and when he returned he found the colony deserted. The English properly motivated people to want to to be part of the first colony, but when their relationship with the Roanoke Indians ended in

The story of Jamestown was one of America's first documented mysteries. There are clear facts about this voyage that have been documented. In 1587, John White did make a temporary establishment on or near Roanoke Island, and that after leaving for three years did return to the island in 1590. On his return, all traces of the colonist having lived there for those three years had vanished. No Jamestown colonist is known to be seen from again. So what happened to them during those three years?

The Roanoke colony was founded by Sir Walter Raleigh. The colony disappeared as the Anglo Spanish War was going on in 1590, three years after the last shipment of supplies from England to Roanoke. When Roanoke disappeared this gave it the nickname "The Lost Colony." There has been no exact evidence as to what happened to the colonists who disappeared. The only hint to what happened was a carving on a tree trunk that said “Croatoan”. Croatoan was small group of native americans that lived by Roanoke.

What happened to the lost colony of Roanoke? It all began in 1587 when a group of Englishman settled in Roanoke. Food was scarce so Governor John White headed back to England to get them some supplies. It took him three long years to return and when he did much to his surprise no one was there to be found. Not even his wife and children. This has left a trail of theories throughout the years of what really happened but no one will ever really know.

The Roanoke colony was an attempt by Queen Elizabeth I to establish a permanent English settlement in the late 16th century. It is also referred to as “the lost colony” because the colonists disappeared during the Anglo – Spanish war three years after the last shipment of supplies from England. There is no conclusive evidence as to what happened to the colonists.

The Lost Colony of Roanoke may have vanished into the ever changing culture of Indians or was killed by leaving the colony disbanded and scattered. Even though, the colony contained hundreds of people all of them disappeared. Furthermore, the name “Lost Colony” was given to a english establishment that sailed to the Island of Roanoke in America (“Roanoke Colony). The colony consisted of 117 people-- seventeen woman, ninety-one men and nine children (ABC-CLIO). Also, their leader, Raleigh White, had to sail back to sail back to England due to the lack if food and imminent starvation of the colony(“The Lost Colony).

John White left in 1587, to head for England. He did not return until August 1590, the trip took him so long because a war broke out between England and Spain. When John White returned in 1590 (3 years later), the colony was gone. He was totally lost, until he found a tree trunk that had the word “CROATOAN” carved in it. John did not know what this meant. He thought that the word Croatoan meant that “the colony went to Croatoan Island, just about 50 miles away from Roanoke Island”. Stated The History Channel. With that John White set of for Croatoan Island. When he got to Croatoan Island there was no trace of the colony being there. We still don’t know today what happened to the lost

On august 1585 the first colonists of england have arrived at roanoke and built a fort in 2 weeks. 2 months later the colonists ran out of supplies. They sent a rescue mission to england to bring supplies. It has been many months but the people that were sent did not come back. On 1890 most colonists decided to abandon roanoke and go to croatan island to seek for supplies. They wrote on the trees croton and before they could finish writing croton on another tree. The spanish had attacked them with full rage. The colonists had enough time to run and escape to croton but they did not know that the spanish were following them. The colonists were frightened so much that they were shaking. They asked the native americans to give them shelter and

The failure of the mission with his brother did not set Raleigh back in terms of his relationship with the crown. Queen Elizabeth I, who had recently replaced her sister Mary, took a strong liking to Raleigh. She forced Raleigh to remain at her side, leaving him to plan exploration missions from afar.

The mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke is a puzzling mystery about what happened to the first English settlers in America. The question is, what actually happened to them, because even with evidence and research no one knows for absolute certain what actually did happen. The disappearance of an entire colony, who left behind a dismantled settlement and the word "Croatoan" etched into a tree has stumped many archaeologists. Countless theories have arisen, some more outrageous than the rest. Were they killed by Indians? Taken by aliens? Abducted? Sabotaged? The mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke has an abundance of theories, but the most plausible is that the colonist were assimilated into the Lumbee tribe.