Roanoke Colony Research Paper

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What happened to the Roanoke Colony? This was the first English colony, mysteriously all the colonists disappeared and many historians have different theories on what happened to them. Did the people from Roanoke Island really disappear or did get attacked by indian tribes?

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There had been three different groups of people that had disappeared from Roanoke Island. The first group arrived in 1984 and came to the island to map it out for resources. The second group arrived in 1985 and was there for military and scientific reasons. The third group arrived in 1987. A colonist named John White, which had come from the third group, had returned to Roanoke Island after a supply trip only to find no trace of the people he had

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