Question

which of the following is the name of an english colony that failed? *
jamestown
croatoan
roanoke
plymouth

Explanation:

• Jamestown was a successful English colony that became part of the Virginia colony.
• Croatoan was the word found carved on a tree at the Roanoke colony, not the name of the colony itself.
• Roanoke (the "Lost Colony") was an English colony that failed; the colonists disappeared, and its fate remains a mystery.
• Plymouth was a successful English colony that became part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony area.

Answer:

C. Roanoke