The Lost Colony of Roanoke
Sometimes there is just no explanation for how or why somethings happen. I can imagine that is how John White felt when he returned to Roanoke and he couldn’t find his family. John White and a group of adventurous people came to America from England to settle in the new world. They met with many hardships while trying to set up their colony. They were unprepared for how hard it would be to raise crops, build shelter and the general day to day living. As the people of the colony were running out of supplies, John White sailed back to England to get some supplies. When he arrived, there was a war with Spain and England. Queen Elizabeth told John that she could not let …show more content…
Another theory is that the colonists built boats and tried sailing back to England themselves. This theory seems extremely far fetched since they had no supplies to use on their trip back or even enough material to build the needed ships to make such a long and dangerous trip. However, items used by the English colonists have been located in two different locations some 50 miles from Roanoke. Mark Horton, an archaeologist at Britain’s Bristol University states that,“The evidence is that they assimilated with the Native Americans but kept their goods,” This may prove that the colonists joined with the Native Americans and may have survived.
To this day the mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke is one that can not be explained. People are so interested in the Lost Colony that people perform a play every year. “Since 1937, this mystery has been relived every year in a play called The Lost Colony. It is performed outdoors at Wayside Theatre at the Fort Raleigh in North Carolina.” We know that the Colony did exist, but no one knows for sure what really happened to the people of
Sometimes there is just no explanation for how or why somethings happen. I can imagine that is how John White felt when he returned to Roanoke and he couldn’t find his family. John White and a group of adventurous people came to America from England to settle in the new world. They met with many hardships while trying to set up their colony. They were unprepared for how hard it would be to raise crops, build shelter and the general day to day living. As the people of the colony were running out of supplies, John White sailed back to England to get some supplies. When he arrived, there was a war with Spain and England. Queen Elizabeth told John that she could not let …show more content…
Another theory is that the colonists built boats and tried sailing back to England themselves. This theory seems extremely far fetched since they had no supplies to use on their trip back or even enough material to build the needed ships to make such a long and dangerous trip. However, items used by the English colonists have been located in two different locations some 50 miles from Roanoke. Mark Horton, an archaeologist at Britain’s Bristol University states that,“The evidence is that they assimilated with the Native Americans but kept their goods,” This may prove that the colonists joined with the Native Americans and may have survived.
To this day the mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke is one that can not be explained. People are so interested in the Lost Colony that people perform a play every year. “Since 1937, this mystery has been relived every year in a play called The Lost Colony. It is performed outdoors at Wayside Theatre at the Fort Raleigh in North Carolina.” We know that the Colony did exist, but no one knows for sure what really happened to the people of