John White left Roanoke Island to go back to England. He told the colony that he'd be back in about 7 months to get some more supplies. (The colony was starving.) When he got to England, it was at war with Spain. It took 3 years to get back to Roanoke Island. When John White returned, everyone had dissapeared. ALL 100 PEOPLE HAD GONE MISSING.
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John White founded Massachuetts because he wanted to have his own religion freedom and people started to come.
His name was Captain John Smith. The reason why the colony survived with his help was because he made them work hard or leave the colony.
He found the tree of "CROA" ( which stands for Croatoan ) had no streak but no one was on the island of Roanoke. There are many theories of what happened to the colony, but no one really knows the real story.
The Jamestown colony was led by John Smith.
The English colony was called Roanoke and was located in the Virginia colony. John White was the leader/governor. The first English child was born there; Virginia Dare (White's granddaughter). Dare, along with the other colonists, disappeared in 1587 while White went back to England for more supplies. No attempts at English colonization would take place until 1607 at Jamestown.
to get supplies for the colony
In 1587, John White's colony, also known as the "Lost Colony," departed for Roanoke Island. White was an English artist and early settler of the Roanoke Colony in present-day North Carolina.
John White left the Roanoke colony in 1587 to return to England for more supplies. He was delayed in his return due to the Anglo-Spanish War, which prevented him from coming back to the colony until 1590. By the time he returned, the entire colony had disappeared, with no trace of the settlers to be found.
John White left England in 1587 to go to Roanoke Island as part of the second attempt to establish a colony there.
John White left Roanoke to return to England to gather supplies and reinforcements for the struggling colony. He intended to come back quickly but was delayed due to various circumstances including war with Spain. When he finally returned to Roanoke, the colony had disappeared without a trace.
John White.
Captain John White
The Lost Colony
John White settled in the Roanoke Island area in present-day North Carolina, where he established the Roanoke Colony in 1587. White was an English artist who became governor of the colony.
Governor John White
The Roanoke Island colony was led by John White, who was appointed by Sir Walter Raleigh. John White served as the governor of the colony, which later became known as the Lost Colony due to its mysterious disappearance.
John White