Because they actually succeeded. What do you think?
The first successful French colony in North America was founded by Giovanni de Verrazano.
First English colony in North America was the Colony of Roanoke, founded in 1585 by Sir Walter Raleigh, but the first successful colony was at Jamestown, Virginia founded by the Company of London in 1607.
Jamestown was founded in 1607. The colony prevailed although there were problems in the early years.
England founded the first successful colony in North America called Jamestown named after Great Britain's king, King James.
Jamestown, founded in 1607, was the first successful permanent English settlement in what would become the United States.
Jamestown was the first successful English colony in America
Jamestown was the first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America.[1] Named for King James I of England, Jamestown was founded in the Colony of Virginia on May 14, 1607.
First came the Roanoke colony that dissapeared mysteriously when the next ship came. Then Jamestown was founded. Jamestown was the first successful permanent English settlement.
Since Plymouth did not survive, Jamestown was the first successful colony.
The first successful colony planted in what became known as New England was the Plymouth Colony in 1620. This colony was founded at Plymouth Rock in what is now Massachusetts by the Pilgrims from the Mayflower. The colony existed until 1691 when it was absorbed into the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The oldest existing political entity is Massachusetts which was founded as the Massachusetts Bay Colony at present day Boston in 1630.
the first British colony in Singapore is......................................
Plymouth colony