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Queen Elizabeth issues a charter
Queen Elizabeth I issued a charter allowing Raleigh to “discover, search, find out, and view such remote heathen and barbarous Lands, Countries, and territories … to have, hold, occupy, and enjoy.” -
Going to america
Under Philip Amadas’s and Arthur Barlowe’s commands, two ships sailed from England on April 27, 1584 -
Found land
landed on the coast of North Carolina on July 13, 1584. -
the second try
The colonists set sail on April 9, 1585. -
he brought people with him
On July 22, 1587, John White landed on Roanoke Island with 120 men, women, and children.