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Southern Colonies
In 1585 Queen Elizabeth allowed Raleigh to send over 100 men from England to Roanoke Island (off the coast of North Carolina) after two of his explorers found it to be a perfect place for a settlement -
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Southern Colonies
They found out the men in the fort were killed by someone my people. Fernandez demanded they settled in Roanoke Island instead of Chesapeake Bay because he wanted to get back to a dispute in Europe Between Spain and England. -
Southern Colonies