The Lost Colony Of Roanoke
Who were the invaders and how/why did they invade the colony
That question cannot be easily answered.
What happened?
When the settlers setteled into their new colony, after a couple of months they ran out of supplies. So, their governer, John White, went back to england to get more supplies. He got stuck in England because the Anglo-Spanish-War broke out and the queen demanded they use all their ship to fight spain leaving John was stuck in England for three years until the war was over. When he returned to Roanoke, there was nothing there. No one, nothing, not one sign of debris other the single word 'Croatoan' marked into a tree ("Roanoke Colony," 2016). The Croatoans were the name of an indian tribe just 50 miles south of thier colony. Many believe, as well as I do, that the colonists of Roanoke were attacked by the Croatoans then the colonists escaped to Chesapeke bay that was later destroyed in 1606 (Cooke, 1998).
Pictures
Governer John White
This is Sir John W., he was the one who traveled back to england to get more supplies.