Roanoke was one of the first English colonies to be established, but not necessarily successful. Being the first of its kind the people had very little idea on how to govern the village properly. The Governor of this village was John White who was an explorer, and through an expedition led by him Roanoke was discovered. White had gone back to England to gather more supplies, and when he returned he found the settlement abandoned with no clue to where the settlers had gone, besides the word “Croatoan” which was engraved on a fence post. Currently described as the “Lost Colony” many people have different opinions of what happened to the settlement. The most popular and factual theory is that the settlers had simply left the settlement and went to settle elsewhere du to lack of supplies and weapons. In 1584, …show more content…
. . forever all the soil of all such lands Countries and territories so to be discovered or possessed . . . " This was for her benefit as whatever riches the settlers would find they would have to send back to England. He made his first trip down to the island and discovered that there were many valuable resources such as timber and animals. They met the local Indians there and they were described as very “handsome and godly” people just as in Europe. Ralieghs aim was to establish a colony where it would be easier to cut off the Spanish ships and loot them of their gold. He left back to England after surveying the island and launched another voyage in which he sent out 5 fleets under the command of Richard