The Lost Colony

The village of Roanoke was one of the first English colonies to be established. However this village did not turn out to be successful.The small population of Roanoke complained about their lack of food and tools.They also had frightening suspicions that the Natives may launch a surprise attack on them.  These complaints made John White go to England to get proper supplies the colonists requested.  John White returned three long years afterwards. But what he returned to was not that of a colony but of a ghost town.  The area which was once a village was stripped of its people.  Houses and other shelters were nowhere in site.  What was left behind were some small cannons, an opened chest, a tall fence built around the perimeter of the former village site, and a single word inscription carved on a fence post, “Croatoan”. '

Read the five most popular theories trying to explain what happened to The Lost Colony and answer the questions on your worksheet.



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