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Sir Walter Raleigh started the colony on Roanoke Island but the colonists disappeared.
The lost colony of Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina, was established by British colonists led by Sir Walter Raleigh. When he came back from a trip to get more supplies from Britain, he landed on the island and found no one there - the colonists had disappeared. Historians have theories about what happened to the colonists of Roanoke Island, but no one knows for sure what happened.
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Sir Walter Raleigh founded Virginia in 1585 on Roanoke Island. Virginia. The colonists were not prepared for the long hard winters and many died. The survivors went back to England in 1586.
Roanoke was an island that failed in the 1600's
Sir Walter Raleigh started the colony on Roanoke Island but the colonists disappeared.
The settlement at Roanoke Island was led by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1585. It was an attempt to establish the first English colony in the New World, but ultimately it failed, with the colonists mysteriously disappearing.
Walter Raleigh was not the founder of Roanoke Island. The island was first explored by English settlers who arrived in 1585, while Raleigh was a prominent figure in sponsoring these expeditions but did not establish the island.
Raleigh's first colonists, led by John White, landed on Roanoke Island in 1587.
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did not find Roanoke Island
The settlement along Roanoke Island was attempted by a group of English colonists led by Sir Walter Raleigh. This colonization attempt is famously known as the "Lost Colony" due to the mysterious disappearance of the settlers.
Sir Walter Raleigh sent a group of colonists to Roanoke Island in 1585 in an attempt to establish the first English colony in the New World. This marked the beginning of England's colonization of North America.
The Roanoke Island colony, also known as the "Lost Colony," was founded in 1585 by Sir Walter Raleigh. It was later abandoned in 1587 when the colonists mysteriously disappeared.
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