Roanoke Still Exists

Roanoke Still Exists is an alternate timeline in which the Roanoke Colony founded by England in 1584 still existed.

Founding of the Roanoke Colony (April 27, 1584 - July 25, 1584)
On April 27, 1584, Walter Raleigh sailed from Plymouth, England with about 35 men on the ships Elizabeth, Arlington, and Downe Hatchet to the eastern coast of North America to find the Northwest Passage. On May 18, Raleigh and his men found land. They searched the area and found the Roanoke tribe. The tribe, led by Chief Roanoke, violently charged at the men, thinking they were threats. Raleigh and his men quickly shot at them, and killed almost every native accept for Chief Roanoke. After that incident, Ralegh claimed the land for England and called the area Roanoke after the tribe that attacked him. In order for the colony to even start, Raleigh ordered about 15 of his men to stay at the area and build up the colony. Then, Raleigh and the rest of his men sailed back to England to report the good news.

More English Settlers (1584 - 1585)
After Walter Raleigh and his men told Queen Elizabeth about the successful colony, she ordered Raleigh to grab some more English colonists to settle in Roanoke. So, Raleigh grabbed about 100 men and women and sailed to Roanoke. Once the settlement's population grew to about 500, Queen Elizabeth asked Raleigh to be the colony's governor. But, since he was mostly an explorer and not a governor, he humbly refused and asked that once of his friends, Thomas Patrick, should be the governor. She accepted.

Exploration of the Area (May 17, 1585 - August 3, 1585)
Once Raleigh and his men were fully supplied, Walter Raleigh, Arthur Isaac and about 40 men sailed from Plymouth, England once again in May 17, 1585 to the Roanoke Colony to explore the surrounding area. After about 2 hours of exploring, Raleigh and Isaac found out that Roanoke is nothing but a small island. Even with the dissapointment of that fact, Raleigh and Isaac still tried to explore more land, On June 1, Raleigh found land right next to the Roanoke Colony. He decided to name the new land New Devon, after his hometown. He went back to England instantly to tell the Queen about his explorations and the New Devon Colony. But sadly, a storm passed Isaac's ship and drowned him and all of his crew members.

The Attack on Population (October 3, 1585 - October 6, 1585)
Once Raleigh told the Queen about the colonies, she said that Roger Banks, a diplomat, should be the governor of the New Devon Colony. Raleigh accepted. She also told him that in September she's going to enact a law that makes it so explorers gain more money if they could encouarge settlers to move to the colonies and get up to about 1500 population at the end of the year. Now at that time, the Roanoke Colony had about 900 population and the New Devon Colony only had about 15 population, so if Raleigh wanted to have the extra money, which he did, he would have to force people to immigrate to the colonies. That's what Raleigh did. He forced people who didn't care about moving to move or he would kill them. He got as much as 150 people to come to the colonies, but it still wasn't enough. But on October 6, Raleigh was caught threating someone with a knife and was put in prison and later executed on November 2.