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Founding of the Jamestown Colony

Type Event Region North America Time 1607

In 1607, England's Virginia Company established Jamestown on the James River at the Chesapeake Bay in North America, the first lasting English colony…

Timeline

1607James Island · VirginiaColonists aboard three ships led by Christopher Newport chose an island on the James River, built a wooden palisade and a church, and proclaimed the Jamestown settlement founded.

Sources

Encyclopedia Virginia: Jamestown Colony https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/jamestown-colony/