Have you ever heard of the Roanoke colony? Most people haven’t. Due to the fact that it wasn’t a successful colony, most history books don't talk about it. In this essay, I will argue that the Roanoke Colony is just as important as any other settlement, such as the Jamestown settlement.
The Roanoke settlers were nowhere to be found after they tried to explore the “new world”. One hundred and seventeen men, women and children just gone. All that was left was their weapons, the letters (C-R-O) carved into a tree, and the word Croatan on a post. No one really knows what happened to them, or where they went. Maybe the harsh forces of nature wiped out the colonists by storm, starvation or disease. Maybe they didn’t get along with the natives because
The Roanoke settlers were nowhere to be found after they tried to explore the “new world”. One hundred and seventeen men, women and children just gone. All that was left was their weapons, the letters (C-R-O) carved into a tree, and the word Croatan on a post. No one really knows what happened to them, or where they went. Maybe the harsh forces of nature wiped out the colonists by storm, starvation or disease. Maybe they didn’t get along with the natives because