In 1585, Sir Walter Raleigh founded the Roanoke colony. The city of Jamestown, Virginia was founded by John Smith and other settlers in 1607.
The colony of Roanoke was founded in 1585.
First English colony in North America was the Colony of Roanoke, founded in 1585 by Sir Walter Raleigh, but the first successful colony was at Jamestown, Virginia founded by the Company of London in 1607.
The colony of Roanoke was founded in 1585.
The Roanoke Island Colony was founded in 1585.
Roanoke colony was founded in 1585 by the English on Roanoke Island in present-day North Carolina.
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.
1585
The year the Roanoke colony began was the year of 1585. Did you know it was a lost colony? The man who founded it was Sir Walter Raleigh.
The Roanoke colony was founded on Roanoke Island in present-day North Carolina in 1585 by Sir Walter Raleigh.
Sir Walter Raleigh was the European explorer who founded the colony at Roanoke Island in 1585.
Sir Walter Raleigh founded the Roanoke Colony in what is now North Carolina in 1585 after receiving a royal charter from Queen Elizabeth I. The colony ultimately failed and became known as the "Lost Colony" when all its inhabitants mysteriously disappeared.