The leader of the Roanoke colony, John White, had to return to England to secure additional supplies and reinforcements for the struggling settlement. He left the colony in 1587 to get help, but due to unexpected circumstances including the Anglo-Spanish War, he was unable to return for three years, leading to the mystery of the "Lost Colony."
John White returned to Roanoke to check on the colony he had previously established there. He left the colonists to return to England for supplies and reinforcements. Upon his return, he found the colony abandoned with no sign of the colonists, a mystery that remains unsolved to this day.
The first group that went to Roanoke, known as the Roanoke Colony, gave up and returned home after facing harsh conditions, lack of resources, and tensions with the Native American tribes in the area. Their leader, John White, went back to England to seek help and when he returned, the entire colony had vanished, leading to the mystery of the "Lost Colony of Roanoke."
Spain was preparing to invade England.
Ralph Lane abandoned the Roanoke colony in 1586 due to lack of supplies and tensions with the local Native American tribes. He decided to return to England to seek assistance and supplies for the struggling colony.
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.
The colonist had vanished.
Spain was preparing to invade England. Spain and England were in a war and he could not reach his ship so he had to postpone his arrival to Roanoke.
Yes. Their leader had to return to England for about three months and when he returned, the settlers he had left were no where to be found.
John White was unable to return to the Roanoke Colony sooner due to delays caused by the war with Spain, which tied up English ships. When he finally did return, he found the settlement abandoned with no trace of the colonists, giving rise to the mystery of the Lost Colony.
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.
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) twice attempted to found a colony at Roanoke, Virginia. The second group, led by John White, established a settlement there in 1587, but had mysteriously disappeared by the time White returned there in 1591.
When John White returned to Roanoke after several years in England, he found that the colonists he had left behind had mysteriously disappeared.
The Spanish Armada (1588). The Spanish were about to attack England and all English ships were kept back by Queen Elizabeth I for the defense of England. White could not return to Roanoke until 1590, and found that the colony, including his daughter and granddaughter, had disappeared.
A+ answer Spain was preparing to invade England
a war between England and spain. He went back to Roanoke 3 years later.
All ships large enough to get to America had been commendeered by the Crown to fit the Spanish Armada at the same time White was trying to return. Those ships weren't free to go the Americas until three years later.
to get supplies for the colony