What is the description the settlement of Jamestown?

Answer 1

Jamestown was the first permanent English Colony in America, founded in 1607. The colony was sponsored by the Virginia Company of London. Three ships, the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery, left England in 1606, with 105 passengers. They arrived on the Virginia coast in late April 1608.

Answer 2

Jamestown was the first colonial settlement. was a settlement located on Jamestown Island in the Virginia Colony. Founded as "James Fort" on May 14, 1607,[1] it was the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States of America, following several earlier failed attempts, including the Lost Colony of Roanoke. It was founded by the London Company (later to become the Virginia Company), headquartered in England. Jamestown was the capital of the colony for 83 years (from 1616 until 1699). The town was located in James City Shire upon its formation in 1634 as one of the original eight shires of Virginia.[2] Within a year of Jamestown's foundation, the Virginia Company brought Polish and Dutch colonists to help improve the settlement.[3] In 1619, the first African slaves were brought to Jamestown by Dutch traders, marking the beginning of slavery in the future United States.

The London Company's second settlement, Bermuda, claims to be the oldest town in the English New World, as St. George's, Bermuda was officially established (as New London) in 1612, whereas James Fort, in Virginia, was not to be converted into James towneuntil 1619. Further, the latter did not survive into the present day. [4] In 1699, the capital Jamestown was relocated to Middle Plantation, about 8 miles (13 km) distant.[5] That community, which had also become home to the new College of William and Mary in 1693, was renamed Williamsburg in 1699. Jamestown ceased to exist as a settlement after the transfer of the capital, existing today only as an archaeological site.

In modern times, Jamestown is one of three locations comprising the Historic Triangle of Colonial Virginia, along with Williamsburg and Yorktown. Jamestown offers two historic areas to visit. Historic Jamestowne,[6] the archaeological site on Jamestown Island, is a cooperative effort by Jamestown National Historic Site, part of Colonial National Historical Park (a unit of the National Park Service), and Preservation Virginia. The other is a living history interpretive site known as Jamestown Settlement, located 1.25 miles (2.01 km) from the original location of the colony. The latter is operated by the Jamestown Yorktown Foundation in conjunction with the Commonwealth of Virginia and was established for the sesquarcentennial -350th anniversary- celebrations of Jamestown in 1957. Nearby, the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry[7] service provides a link across the navigable portion of the James River for vehicles and affords passengers a view of Jamestown Island from the river.