Early Colonial Failures
Numerous colonies failed in the beginning of the settlement era. The colonists faced high rates of death because of disease, starvation, inefficient resupply or wars with Indians or other European powers.
Spain had numerous failed attempts, including San Miguel de Gualdape in Georgia in 1526; Pánfilo de Narváez in Florida in 1528–36; Pensacola in West Florida 1559–61; Fort San Juan in North Carolina 1567–68; and the Ajacán Mission 1570–71, in Virginia.
The French failed at Parris Island, South Carolina in 1562–63; Fort Caroline, Florida, in 1564–65; Saint Croix Island, Maine 1604-5; and Fort Saint Louis, Texas in 1685–89.
The most notable English failures were the "Lost Colony of Roanoke" (1587–90) in North Carolina and Popham Colony in Maine (1607–8). It was at the Roanoke Colony that the first English child, Virginia Dare, was born in the Americas; her fate is unknown.
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