PRESENTATION OUTLINE
THE LOST COLONY OF ROANOKE
What was the lost colony?
The lost colony was a colony established in the Roanoke islands for trading purposes that mysteriously disappeared in 1587.
When was the colony established?
The original colony was established in 1585, the Roanoke colony was built in 1587. The colony was discovered missing in around the 1590s.
Why were the colonists in Roanoke?
The colonists were in Roanoke to look for raw and valuable crops and materials for trade with the mother country.
Key figures
Humphrey Gilbert
Sir Walter Raleigh
John White
91 men, 17 women, 9 children of Roanoke colony.
Where was the colony?
The colony was located in the Roanoke Islands.
Facts
That White's daughter gave birth to the first English child born in North America.
The original Roanoke colony was of 100 men and they left back to England because they were unhappy.
The next colony was made in 1606 after the lost colony.
Theories on the mystery of the lost colony.
The Croatan killed the colony.
The colony left with the Croatan.
The whole colony died from diseases.
Artifacts
The colony left behind the words "Croatan" in a tree, the letters "CRO" in a fence post and then they left nothing behind when they disappeared. Not even corpses to support a theory on why they vanished when White came back.
Primary Source of Colony
The background photo is a map used in that time period to navigate around the Roanoke isles.
