WHAT WAS THE LOST COLONY?

• The Roanoke Colony, known as the Lost Colony, was established on Roanoke Colony.
• It was Queen Elizabeth1's attempt in the late 16th century to establish a permanent English settlement.

WHEN WAS THE COLONY ESTAMBLISHED

• It was established in 1585
• Left in 1586 because they had had a long winter
• Tried again in 1587
• 1590 men came to I the colony with some supplies and found the colony gone.

WHY WERE COLONISTS IN ROANOKE?

• There were colonists in Roanoke because Queen Elizabeth 1 wanted to have a permanent establish in the New world

WHO were the key figures

• John White
• Sir Walter Raeigh
• Virginia Dare

WHERE WAS THE LOST COLONY?

2 INTERESTING FACTS

• There were two different colonies that settled on Roanoke Island,
• the first one was made up of mostly men, who only stayed for 1 year.
• The other disappeared in 1590.

3 THEORIES OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LOST COLONY

• THE WORD "CROATOAN" MEANS THAT THEY WILLINGLY MOVED TO TO THE CROATOAN ISLAND
• SOME BELIEVE THAT THE POWHATAN TRIBE KILLED THEM OF
• THE COLONISTS TRAVELED FURTHER INTO THE FOREST.

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