History of the United States I / Unit 2 USH1 0170 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Roanoke
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The idea
Raleigh's Roanoke attempt of fifteen eighty-four put only one hundred seventeen people on an island off present-day North Carolina, with poor relations with the local Croatans.
In practice
Governor John White returning in fifteen ninety to find the colony gone.
Where people slip
The only trace was the word Croatoan carved into a fence around the village.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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