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Sir Walter Raleigh Receives the Charter
Queen Elizabeth issues a charter to Sir Walter Raleigh, allowing him to build a permanent settlement in North America for the English. -
Amadas and Barlowe Leave Plymouth
Captains Phillip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe leave Plymouth on two boats well provided in men and supllies with mission to explore the North American coast in search of a suitable location for the foundation of a sustainable settlement. They eventually reach the island of Roanoke. -
Colonists leave Plymouth
Expedition commanded by Sir Walter Raleigh’s cousin, Sir Richard Grenville, leaves Plymouth with a group of 600 settlers and sets sail to Roanoke, North Carolina. -
Colonists arrive in Roanoke
Sir Richard Grenville anchors at Roanoke and the colonists attempt to establish a permanent settlement there. -
Sir Richard Grenville leaves for England
Sir Richard Grenville leaves to England for more supplies. He leaves Ralph Lane as the governor of 107 men. -
Sir Francis Drake takes the colonists to England
The colonists had a hard time surviving due to the conflict with Native Americans and illnesses. Sir Francis Drake takes the remaining surviving colonists back to England. -
John White Heads for Virginia
John White and his men are granted privileges to plant a new colony in Virginia. He sets off from Plymouth to Virginia. -
Arrival
John White and the colonists arrive in Roanoke. -
George Howe
George Howe, one of the governor's assistants was killed by Indians while fishing crabs alone next to the village. He was pierced with 16 arrows. -
Virginia Dare
Gov. White's daughter Eleonor, married to the tiler Ananias Dare, gives birth to a girl, named Virginia. She is the first English child to be born in the New World. -
John White leaves for England
Governor John White leaves for England to get more supplies. -
John White goes back to Virginia
John White leaves Plymouth for Virginia without more colonists and without supplies. -
Colonists have disappeared
John White arrives in Roanoke, and there are no colonists at the colony.The only trace left from the colonists was the word "CROATOAN" etched on a tree.
