Roanoke Research Paper
Once there was an English colony named Roanoke. When it was settled, Jamestown sent out about 100 English settlers to build the colony. The settlers were upset about the natives and killed the chiefs son! The native Americans retaliated and vanquished all of Roanoke's settlers. Jamestown got word that Roanoke was taken over but instead of choosing to leave the colony there and never settle near it, Jamestown sent back 117 settlers! John White the leader of the settlement choose to bring his wife, and daughter (who was pregnant!) to the colony with him to settle. They created shelters to last the winter and planted crops, and obtained a safe source of water. Suddenly a drought hit the colony, they lost clean water, crops and all 117 were starving!
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He was forced to stay in Europe for 3 YEARS! Finally he sailed back to Roanoke with supplies, but when he got there he didn't see any evidence of the colonies existence! Not one nail scrap or bead was left. John White spent the next 5 years searching the island for his family. He only found 3 clues which were a neatly piled skeleton, the word KRO carved into a tree, and the word Croatoan carved into a fence. The only explanation that makes sense is that the native Americans from the nearby tribe Algonquians were "determined to resist the English who were settling on their land" (All Colonist were killed by Indians) and they wanted to fight back also because the original 100 settlers burned the natives crop fields! After killing the settlers, the indians would have had plenty of time to loot all of the villages supplies. This explanation explains that "there were colonist friendly natives called the croatoans which explains the word carved into the fence." (All colonist were killed by Indians) and the letters KRO carved into the tree. "The Croatoans went to war around the time the settlers came" and you can tell that the pile of bones was a warning to either the Croatoans or the Algonquians to stay away. Overall The theory that The settlers were killed by Indians is the best
He was forced to stay in Europe for 3 YEARS! Finally he sailed back to Roanoke with supplies, but when he got there he didn't see any evidence of the colonies existence! Not one nail scrap or bead was left. John White spent the next 5 years searching the island for his family. He only found 3 clues which were a neatly piled skeleton, the word KRO carved into a tree, and the word Croatoan carved into a fence. The only explanation that makes sense is that the native Americans from the nearby tribe Algonquians were "determined to resist the English who were settling on their land" (All Colonist were killed by Indians) and they wanted to fight back also because the original 100 settlers burned the natives crop fields! After killing the settlers, the indians would have had plenty of time to loot all of the villages supplies. This explanation explains that "there were colonist friendly natives called the croatoans which explains the word carved into the fence." (All colonist were killed by Indians) and the letters KRO carved into the tree. "The Croatoans went to war around the time the settlers came" and you can tell that the pile of bones was a warning to either the Croatoans or the Algonquians to stay away. Overall The theory that The settlers were killed by Indians is the best