The lost colony, A.K.A the Roanoke colony was founded in August 1587. It was established on Roanoke island in what today is the state of North Carolina.The Roanoke colony was an attempt by Queen Elizabeth to establish a permanent English settlement.The operation was originally financed and organized by Sir Humphrey Gilbert. But soon after the colony was established a naval war between Spain and England broke out which may have something to do with disappearance of the Roanoke colony. One clue we have is a wooden post with the word Croatoan carved into it. Croatoan was the name of the Native American tribe that was living on the island of roanoke before the Europeans inhabited it. People have come up with many conclusions as to why the Roanoke colony vanished a few of them being that: they got killed by Native Americans; they tried to sail back to England but got lost at sea or maybe they died at the hands of Spaniards who marched up from Florida. It still remains a mystery.
By Ben Y.
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