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Roanoke Island was the first settled colony in the New Amaricas. It was discovered in 1585 by Walter Raliegh. Walter Raliegh left Roanoke to go back to England to get more supplies, planning on returning in 1586. Because of the war, he was held back. When he returned, everyone was gone, this is why some refer to Roanoke as "The Lost Colony".

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Discovery
In 1584, Arthur Barlowe and Phillip Amadas led a expidition to find the best place to colonize in the Americas. Finally, they choose an area right outside of modern North Carolina. Interested, Walter Raliegh sought permission to colonize. Queen Elizabeth 1 gave Raliegh permission to colonize, as long as it is successful in the first ten years. Very few were willing to go, but after a little while, people started to light up to the situation. He was supplied withtwo ships, and a small amount of nessesities [wood, clothing, flint, and food (vegitables, fruit, and preserved meat such as beef jerky)]. ==

The First American Colony
Walter Raliegh set out to explore America in 1584. Tagging along, 100 men, women, and children such as, Thomas Harriet (scientist), John White (an artist), Manteo and Wanchese (two Indians) and Darby Glaven, (an Irishman). Coming from England, they reached Roanoke island later that year. When they finally arrived, they set up camp. At first, they had very few troubles (finding were to set up camp, dealing with wildlife were some minor troubles) until they began to run low on food and supplies. Promising to come back in a year with food and supplies, Raliegh set out back to England. Because of the war, his returning was held back for three years.

The Return
When he finally returned, he was astonished to find no one was there. Could they have all died? Did they take the remaining ships to another island? To this day, we still do not know what really happened. Raliegh did find marks on trees though. He could not under stand what they meant though... they were similiar to Indian engravings. Because of weather problems, Raliegh was forced back to England. Once there, he told everyone what he had found.

The Reaction
After returning to England everyone was excited to hear about the new land. Even though there was still some mystery to what had really happened, they wanted to send more out to colonize, basically like a second try. Queen Elizabeth, however, was not as enthusiastic about it. She felt she had already lost enough. Raliegh still had deep sorrow for those who were lost while at Roanoke.

Conclusion
Roanoke was never successful. After two attempts, they decided to move on and colonize other parts of America. Which were successful. As I mentioned earlier, we still do not know what happened to the colonists, but some assume a tribe of Indians either killed or took them in. Some others belive they took the remaining ships to a near by island. We may never know...

References

1.American History Book 2."Roanoke Island" Wikipedia Oct. 23, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Island 3.Hause, Eric "The Lost Colony" Coastal Guide.com Oct. 23, 2008 http://www.coastalguide.com/packet/lostcolony-croatan.shtml 4.Lane, Ralf "The Colony At Roanoke" National Center.org Oct. 23, 2008 http://www.nationalcenter.org/ColonyofRoanoke.html 5."JG@theshawdolands.net" "The Lost Colony of Roanoke, 1588" The Shadow Lands.com Oct. 23, 2008 http://theshadowlands.net/roanoke.htm 6.Drye, Willie "America's Lost Colony: Can New Dig Solve Mystery?" March 2, 2004 "National Geographic.com" Oct. 23, 2008 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/03/0302_040302_lostcolony.html 7."First English Settlement in the New World" Oct. 23, 2008 http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/ncsites/english1.htm