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Jamestown, Virginia - Wikipedia Jamestown served as the colonial capital from 1616 until 1699 In August 1619, the first recorded slaves from Africa to British North America arrived at present-day Old Point Comfort, near the Jamestown colony, on a British privateer ship flying a Dutch flag
Jamestown Settlement | Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, VA You’ll learn about the Virginia Indians who occupied the landscape for centuries, the arrival of English colonists to Jamestown in 1607 and the first documented arrival of West Central Africans in 1619, leading to cultural encounters and events that planted the seeds of a new nation
Historic Jamestowne Visit the real thing at Historic Jamestowne, explore the actual location and active archaeological dig, Jamestown Rediscovery, home of the first successful English settlement
Jamestown Colony | History, Foundation, Settlement, Map, Facts . . . Jamestown Colony was the first permanent English settlement in North America, located near present-day Williamsburg, Virginia Financed and organized by the Virginia Company, the colony was originally a private venture that had been granted a royal charter by King James I
Jamestown, A Place of Many Beginnings - U. S. National Park Service Walk in the steps of Captain John Smith and Pocahontas where a successful English colonization of North America began Despite early struggles to survive, the 1607 settlement evolved into a prosperous colony As the colony expanded, the Virginia Indians were pushed out of their homeland
Jamestown, Summary, Facts, Significance, Virginia Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America Established in 1607, the colonists survived famine, disease, weather, and several conflicts with Native American Indians Jamestown grew, expanded, and served as the capital of the Virginia Colony from 1607 until 1698
Jamestown - Virginia Is For Lovers The Virginia Company sailed from England to try and establish the first permanent English colony in the New World Their instructions were to settle Virginia, find gold and a water route to the Orient The explorers landed on Jamestown Island on the banks of the James River on May 14, 1607
Jamestown Colony - Facts, Founding, Pocahontas | HISTORY During the 1620s, Jamestown expanded from the area around the original James Fort into a New Town built to the east It remained the capital of the Virginia colony until 1699 Settlers landing on
The Jamestown Records of the Virginia Company of London: A Conservator . . . The Jamestown Records of the Virginia Company of London trace the activities of the English settlers who founded the Jamestown colony in the Tidewater area of Chesapeake Bay Dating from the early seventeenth century, the records are the earliest manuscript sources in the Library of Congress dealing with English settlements in the New World
A Short History of Jamestown - U. S. National Park Service In 1607, 104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was named after their King, James I The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America