1. In 1584 Queen Elizabeth I gives Sir Walter Raleigh a charter to go to the “new world.”

2. Sir Walter Raleigh sends the first expedition group to the “new world” in 1586 led by Sir Richard Grenville.

3. Sir Walter Raleigh sends a second expedition group to the “new world” in 1587 led by John White.

4. On Roanoke Island, the first English child born in America. On August 18, 1587, Virginia Dare was born.

5. The expedition group needed more supplies and food. So, John White went back to England in 1587. he said, “Take care of the baby.”

6. John White came back to Roanoke Island in 1590. he had to wait three years because there were no ships available because of war.

7. When John White came back to Roanoke, none of the people were there. All he found was a clue. He found the word “Croatoan” carved into a tree.

8. A theory some people think happened to the Roanoke colony is they moved in with the Croatoan tribe.

9. Another theory some people think happened to the Roanoke colony is that they died of diseases from the Spanish.

10. The theory I believe in is the one when they move in with the Croatoan tribe.