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  2. Jamestown, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The Jamestown[a] settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi (4 km) southwest of present-day Williamsburg. [1] It was established by the London Company as "James Fort" on May 4, 1607 O.S. (May 14, 1607 N.S.), [2] and ...

  3. History of Jamestown, Virginia (1607–1699) - Wikipedia

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    The James Fort c. 1608 as depicted on the map by Pedro de Zúñiga. Jamestown, also Jamestowne, was the first settlement of the Virginia Colony, founded in 1607, and served as the capital of Virginia until 1699, when the seat of government was moved to Williamsburg.

  4. Chesapeake Colonies - Wikipedia

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    Chesapeake Colonies. A new map of Virginia, Maryland, and the improved parts of Pennsylvania & New Jersey, 1685 map of the Chesapeake region by Christopher Browne. The Chesapeake Colonies were the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, later the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Province of Maryland, later Maryland, both colonies located in British ...

  5. List of Jamestown colonists - Wikipedia

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    The ships made it to Jamestown on May 23rd to find only 60 starving colonists, and chose to abandon the colony. Patience and Deliverance (castaways from Bermuda and Sea Venture) Henry Bagwell. Mistress Maria Thorowgood Buck [additional citation (s) needed] Richard Buck. William Capps. Edward Eason. Mistress Eason.

  6. History of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    It was chiefly grown on plantations, using primarily enslaved labor for the intensive hand labor involved. After 1662, the colony turned black slavery into a hereditary racial caste. Jamestown would serve as the Colony of Virginia's capital from 1607 to 1699, until the capital was moved to Williamsburg, Virginia, from 1699 to 1780

  7. Timeline of Jamestown, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Map of Chesapeake Bay and Jamestown, 1607 c. 1607 () ... adding about 70 settlers to the colony. Included are Jamestown Polish craftsmen, "Dutch" (German) ...

  8. Long-hidden family scandal in Jamestown colony revealed 400 ...

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    An investigation of human remains from the 17th century British settlement in Jamestown, Virginia, has unearthed a long-hidden scandal in the family of the colony’s first governor. Thomas West ...

  9. Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia

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    The first of the colonies, Virginia, was established at Jamestown, in 1607. The New England Colonies, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, were substantially motivated by their founders' concerns related to the practice of religion. The other colonies were founded for business and economic expansion.