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Roanoke is known as the lost colony because Roanoke was led by a man named John White. John White had to travel back to England to retrieve supplies. Then he traveled back to Roanoke in 1590 and every single colonist was not to be found. No one knows what happened

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Roanoke was founded by a man named Sir Walter Raleigh in 1585. Sir Walter found Roanoke in Present day North Carolina

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Roanoke was not the best place to live because It was terribly hard to farm there. People who lived in Roanoke were not farmers or woodsmen they were businessmen. Not a lot of people had enough supply and they were not prepared for the winter. Half of the people who lived in Roanoke died in the winter because of disease. But the people who did survive were cold and starved.

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There were founders in Jamestown, and they were in a group of business owners. They were called the Virginia Company. There was a man named Captain John Smith. He forced all the settlers to work, and if they didn't work there were consequences such as not eating. John Smith had a injury and had to travel back to England. Once he left the settlers were free and stoped working.

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There was a very cruel winter that was very difficult to survive. They called it the starving time. A lot of colonist died during this time. They died because of starvation, diseases, and injuries. Sadly, only 20 percent of them survived.

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Jamestown was founded in 1607 at Chesapeake Bay on the James River. It was founded by the Virginia Company. Its folk hero was John Smith. A man named John Rofle planted the first tobacco plant in 1612. He made a lot of money selling it.

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Plymouth was founded in Cape Cod in 1620. The pilgrims were the ones who founded Plymouth.

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In the 1600s if you went to any church that was not the Church of England , you were breaking the law. If you did, they would go after you. The Pilgrims were law breakers. They wanted to be free and do what they wanted. They wanted to make their own church and rules. So they headed to North America. They took a boat and called it the Mayflower. They left in 1620. The 102 people on board faced rough seas. As they travelled across the Atlantic, they were hungry and some had diseases. After two months they reached their destination. Once they arrived Winter came and half of the people died.