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    Jamestown, Virginia

    Town and fort established in the Virginia Colony

    Fort and Town

    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 considered permanent, after brief abandonment in 1610. It followed failed attempts, including the Roanoke Colony, established in 1585. Despite the dispatch of more supplies, only 60 of the original 214 settlers survived the 1609–1610 Starving Time. In mid-1610, the survivors abandoned Jamestown, though they returned after meeting a resupply convoy in the James River.

    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 pres

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    History of Jamestown, Virginia (1607–1699)

    For the National Historic Site, see Historic Jamestown. For the adjacent living history museum, see Jamestown Settlement. For later history and commemorations, see Jamestown, Virginia § Aftermath and preservation.

    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. This article covers the history of the fort and town at Jamestown proper, as well as colony-wide trends resulting from and affecting the town during the time period in which it was the colonial capital of Virginia.

    Arrival and first landing

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    See also: Timeline of Jamestown, Virginia; European colonization of the Americas; and List of Jamestown colonists

    The London Company sent an expedition to establish a settlement in the Virginia Colony in December 1606. The expedition consisted of three ships, Susan Constant

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    English Settlement in the New World

    Settlers landing on the site of Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in America.

    After Christopher Columbus’ historic voyage in 1492, Spain dominated the race to establish colonies in the Americas, while English efforts, such as the “lost colony” of Roanoke, met with failure. In 1606, King James I granted a charter to a new venture, the Virginia Company, to form a settlement in North America. 

    At the time, Virginia was the English name for the entire eastern coast of North America north of Florida; they had named it for Elizabeth I, the “virgin queen.” The Virginia Company planned to search for gold and silver deposits in the New World, as well as a river rutt to the Pacific Ocean that would allow them to establish trade with the Orient.

    Roughly 100 colonists left England in late December 1606 on three ships (the Susan Constant, the Godspeed and the Discovery) and reached Chesapeake Bay late the next April. Af

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