Title: “Unraveling the Mystery of the Lost Colony: A Historiographical Analysis” 1. The Lost Colony refers to the English settlement established on Roanoke Island in present-day North Carolina in 1587. It was

Assignment:  Below are the links to two articles for this assignment. Read the articles, and in an essay format, answer the questions in at least 850 words.
I.  Rethinking Roanoke, by Dale Keiger     
https://pages.jh.edu/jhumag/1101web/roanoke.html Links to an external site.
II.   Reckoning Roanoke:  A Historiographical Examination of the Lost Colony, by Anne Poole                                                                     https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.eduLinks to an external site.
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1. Explain what was the Lost Colony?
2. Explain and evaluate three theories about the disappearance of the Lost Colony.
3.  Explain what you think happened to the Lost Colony?
4.  Defend your theory from the two articles.
5.  Discuss a current unresolved historical mystery that could be compared to the Lost Colony.  

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