USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Roanoke Island colony, the first English settlement in the New World, was founded by English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh in August 1585.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Roanoke Colonies were an ambitious attempt by England’s Sir Walter Raleigh to establish a permanent North American settlement with the purpose of harassing Spanish shipping, mining for gold and silver, discovering a passage to the Pacific Ocean, and Christianizing the Indians.

Detailed explanation-3: -Roanoke colony was founded by governor Ralph Lane in 1585 on Roanoke Island in what is now Dare County, North Carolina, United States.

Detailed explanation-4: -Roanoke was derived from the Indian word “Rawrenock, ” a name for the shell beads worn by the Indians and used as trade goods. In 1882, Roanoke became a crossroads for the railroad, which eventually became the Norfolk and Western Railway.