In this term paper of the Lost Roanoke Colony, I will talk about the colony and it's settlement, how they traveled, how they live, their relationship with other tribes and also about all the events leading to their disappeance.
The first attempts made by England to form a colony in America, happened in the late sixteenth century, at Roanoke Island. Starting in 1584, efforts were made to explore the east coast of North America. It was in 1587 that a colony was finally formed. This was a great thing for the colonists and for England, and also one of the greatest American mysteries when the colony was discovered abandoned in 1590. .
The history of the Roanoke Colony can be found in England's attempts in claiming a part of the New World. This interest was even more obvious, when Queen Elizabeth wanted explorations and settlements of new lands by making charters, and it was when the English discovered Roanoke Island.
It was the responsibility of Sir Walter Raleigh to provide the necessary supplies to complete the journeys to the New World and achieve the goals of the mission. This meant hiring ship captains and crews, gathering colonists, buying food and other supplies, and finding people to invest money in the journey. Raleigh did not participate in the journeys, he was only the major investor in these journeys.
There are a total of four expeditions, under the Raleigh charter, which make up the story of the lost colony. In this next paragraph, I will be talking about the first two expeditions, and in the following paragraph, I will talk about the final two.
The first and second expeditions take place from 1584 to 1586. The goals of these missions include making contact and getting to be friends with a native tribe called the Croatoan, and finding a good place to settle. During the second expedition, they left a small group of men behind, while the ships went back to England for supplies. They left more than one hundred men, they needed to finish building forts for the island, to continue the search for a place to settle, and to keep any others from taking their claim on the island.
