The Roanoke colony was settled in 1585 by the English on Roanoke Island in what is now North Carolina. The settlement was later abandoned in 1587, resulting in the mysterious disappearance of its inhabitants.
The surviving colony of Roanoke was not the first colony. The settlement of Jamestown was the first successful European settlement.
Englishmen under the orders of Walter Raleigh.
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It was an English colony and was funded, supported by Sir. Walter Raleigh. To this day historians are not sure what happened to them.
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The lost colony is located in California where settlers from England settled then disappeared 3 years later
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As a refuge for European Quakers.
Roanoke was the oldest colony but it was not successful. People call it ''The Lost Colony'' The first permanent colony was Jamestown, a British settlement.
The Roanoke Colony was established in 1585. It was then disestablished on August 18,1587. It is now present day North Carolina.
The group that settled in Roanoke in 1587 was led by John White. He was an English artist and explorer who was appointed as the governor of the Roanoke Colony by Sir Walter Raleigh. However, when White returned to England for supplies, he was delayed by the war with Spain and was unable to return to Roanoke for several years. When he finally returned in 1590, the colony was mysteriously abandoned with no signs of the inhabitants.