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The English attempt to establish a colony on Roanoke Island resulted in: Group of answer choices a severe blow to Spanish power. the disappearance of the colonists. a permanent English presence in North America. the execution of Sir Walter Raleigh. a severe blow to English power.

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The Roanoke Colonies were an ambitious attempt by England's Sir Walter Raleigh to establish a permanent North American settlement with the purpose of harassing Spanish shipping, mining for gold and silver, discovering a passage to the Pacific Ocean, and Christianizing the Indians. The English attempt to establish a colony on Roanoke Island resulted in: The disappearance of the colonist. Many of the New worlds early explorers were looking for a shorter and sager route around Africa to India.

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