The cause for failure of the Roanoke colony
A)was a severe food shortage.
B)is historically inconclusive.
C)deterred the English from another colonizing effort for forty years.
D)was the death of the colony's governor.
E)was a virulent malarial epidemic.

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The cause for failure of the Roanoke colony is historically inconclusive as there are no written records or eyewitness accounts to verify what happened to the colonists. The disappearance of the colonists remains a mystery to this day.

The Cause for Failure of the Roanoke Colony