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Raleigh got a charter from queen elizabeth to start a colony in roanoke island
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sailed to the coast of north carolina roughly 3 months later
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This is the first time the english flag was waved
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John White landed on Roanoke Island with 120 men, women, and children.
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An Algonquian Indian named Manteo, for instance, was introduced to the English during the first expedition at Roanoke and was later baptized and named Lord of Roanoke
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White sailed back to England to report to the Crown on behalf of the colony. White was unable to return to Roanoke Island for over two years.