| A | B |
|---|
| 1587 | 1587 – Roanoke, NC (failed) |
| 1607 | 1607 – Jamestown, VA |
| 1608 | 1608 – scouts from Jamestown explored NC |
| 1655 | 1655 – first permanent NC settlers |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | He organized others to found Roanoke Colony. |
| John White | Governor of 1587 Roanoke Colony |
| Roanoke Colony | first settlement in NC on Roanoke Island |
| Lost Colony | name given to the Roanoke Colony after it failed and all settlers lost |
| Nathaniel Batts | first recorded European to permanently settle in North Carolina in 1655 |
| John Harvey | one of the original inhabitants of NC and his family who was living in the area by 1659 |
| Albemarle | The name "Albemarle" was applied to the section or region of northeastern North Carolina that was the earliest permanently settled part of NC |
| Great Dismal Swamp | a major hindrance to settlers traveling to NC - a large swamp Coastal Plain Region of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina |
| Graveyard of the Atlantic | a nickname for the treacherous waters and area of numerous shipwrecks off the Outer Banks of North Carolina which are due to the coast's shifting sands and inlets |
| Blackwater River | a transportation route in the 17th and 18th centuries, connecting the Chesapeake Bay settlements with the Albemarle Settlements. It was one of the few rivers of colonial Virginia that did not empty into Chesapeake Bay yet lay close to the colony's oldest settlements on the James River |
