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    why the Lost Colony of Roanoke is significant to World History is because it was the first attempt for the English colonists to settle. They were looking for the first permanent place to colonize. The land that the Europeans settled in is now known as Virginia. It’s noteworthy because Jamestown had the same story as Roanoke. They were both attempts for the English to settle but both mysteriously disappeared‚ and both weren’t successful. Before Jamestown and Plymouth rock there was Roanoke. John

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    Between the Colonies Getting to the Americas was a hardship and living in the America was a struggle of itself . The two most know colonies were Jamestown and Plymouth both are famous because of stories have been told at a young age. Those stories that were told had some truth in it but‚ the rest of the story was made up for pure entertainment because the reality is that story is not really entertaining. These two colonies were different in many ways even by the colonist who lived in the colony. William

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    “Roanoke’s Lost Colony Found” by historian James Horn‚ describes the travels of colonist John White and the discovery of Roanoke’s lost colony. Aside from being the author of various articles on early America‚ James Horn is also the Vice President of Research and Historical Interpretation. This article was published in the Spring of 2010 in American Heritage Magazine and known for it’s clear and distinct writing as Horn creates a journey for the reader. In 1590‚ pirate Abraham Cocke‚ John White

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    people and the colony. Colonial America also had regional differences among culture or historical reason for establishment as a colony. The three big geographic location were the South‚ Middle‚ and the New England colonies. In the South you had Virginia and in the Middle you had Pennsylvania and in the New England colonists you had Massachusetts. Because of geographic reason farming‚ Native American‚ and a way of living playing a big impact in Colonial America. The every first stable colony was Jamestown

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    came to where the colony was and that they took some of them and they killed the others. They were having a drought and i think the indians came to look for water and found them. So they ran into the colonist and killed many of them. They could of took the baby or some others too. In 1587 the english women‚ men‚ and kids found the roanoke island and came ashore. They settled at the New World to stay there permanently. (1)Around 1587 there was a second colony was founded in roanoke. The first baby

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    profit. The 144 men who set sail for America in 1607 were entrepreneurs‚ meaning that their main reasons for settling in Virginia were for economic gain. The expedition was chartered by James I of England‚ making the future site of Jamestown a royal colony‚ and therefore supported by England. The men who traveled to Virginia were not known for their work ethic; they would rather have other people do the hard work for them. The majority of their work upon reaching Jamestown consisted of searching for

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    Roanoke The Lost Colony What happened to the Roanoak Colony This is the question asked by John White when he found the colony abandoned in 1590‚ and this is the questions asked by historians ever since. There are many theories as to what happened to the colony and are backed by differing facts that dont match each other so that when looking at the situation as a whole there was no one answer. A new study‚ however‚ sheds some new light on the subject and shows that the colonists at Roanoak Island

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    Establishing the Colonies Name _____ Motives for settling in the New World: Spread Christianity Find a short cut to Asia Better job opportunities Roanoke Island With the permission of Queen Elizabeth‚ Sir Walter Raleigh raised money to establish a colony‚ and in 1585 a small group of men sailed for the Americas. What did Raleigh find when he returned to the Lost Colony of Roanoke in 1589? The people had vanished and they found the word‚ “Croatian” carved in a tree. Jamestown What

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    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? Jamestown‚ which was led by Governor John White‚ landed on Roanoke Island between April and late July 1587 and was a royal grantee of Sir

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    The Mystery of Roanoke Neil Armstrong once said‚ “Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.” (Brainyquote). Armstrong says this when is discussing the topic about the final frontier‚ but what about the new frontier that sixteenth-century Europeans uncovered? Neil Armstrong’s bravery and willingness to sacrifice his life for a mission can be compared to the Roanoke Colonists. Sadly‚ there are not any colonists that could have told their tale. Their life story

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