Answer: Writing the Declaration of Independence. Its English colonists were left there with the promise that another ship would come with more people and supplies, the first English baby born in America, Virginia Dare, was born there, supply ships were delayed by years, and when a ship finally did arrive, the colony was deserted and in disrepair, with only the word “Croatoan” carved on a tree. The account ended with the statement that no one knows what “Croatoan” meant, or what happened to the people of the colony, and that Roanoke remains a mystery to this day.
The basis of the American economy is a capitalistic environment in which people have a free market to encourage competition and prevent complete control over any one industry. The basis for any persons economy is trade and a free market in which they can buy and they can sell.
