Colonisation of Virginia

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What happened in 1584?

Raleigh plans new colonisation of North America and sends a team to explore Virginia and report back to him.

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What happened in 1585?

English colonisation of Virginia begins with 107 men set out for Roanoke, Virginia.

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What happened in 1586?

The surviving colonists abandon the colony, after struggling to feed themselves and facing hostile Native Americans, and go back to England.

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What happened in 1587?

New English colonists return to Virginia and set up a colony at Roanoke.

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What happened 3 years after 1587?

The colony was abandoned and the colonists had disappeared.

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1584: Raleigh plans for Virginia, 1585: colonisation begins, 1586: colonists return, 1587: new colony, 3 years later: colony disappeared.