Write a summary about the settlers of Virginia.

The English wanted a colony in North America. They wanted to find gold and silver there. In 1585, about 100 English men arrived in Roanoke Island, near North Carolina. In 1587, more settlers came to Roanoke. Their leader, John White, returned to England to buy supplies. When he came back to Roanoke, the colonists were gone. No one ever found them.