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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.
The history of Pennsylvania stems back thousands of years when the first ... The Kingdom of England had established the Colony of Virginia in 1607 and the adjacent ...
Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina from the colonial period to about 1820 (Genealogical Publishing Co, 2005). Heinemann, Ronald L., John G. Kolp, Anthony S. Parent Jr., and William G. Shade, Old Dominion, New Commonwealth: A History of Virginia, 1607–2007 (2007). Hendricks, Christopher E.
Colony of Virginia: Established: May 14, 1607; 417 years ago () Abandoned ... Jamestown Settlement is a living-history park and museum located 1.25 miles (2.01 km ...
On 4 May [O.S. 14 May] 1607, 105 to 108 English men and boys (surviving the voyage from England) established the Jamestown Settlement for the Virginia Company of London, on a slender peninsula on the bank of the James River. It became the first long-term English settlement in North America. [1] [2]
The Virginia Company of London made landfall on 26 April 1607, at the southern edge of the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, which they named Cape Henry, near present-day Virginia Beach. Deciding to move the encampment, on 4 May 1607 they established the Jamestown Settlement on the James River about 40 miles (64 km) upstream from its mouth at the ...