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ANSWER:The first English settlement in America was Jamestown, founded in 1607, by Captain John Smith. The region would eventually be known as the colony of Virginia.
The Virginia Company of London founded Jamestown (the 1st permanent settlement). There was also Roanoke, but that colony mysteriously disappeared.
Jamestown - 1st English colony in America
Lord Baltimore's first name was George. He was the founder of the Maryland colony and was granted the title of Baron Baltimore in 1625. His full title was George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore. George Calvert played a significant role in promoting religious tolerance in the colony.
Sir Walter Raleigh was the 1st to find the New England colony.
maryland was the 1st to promote religious tolerence
The 1st English settlement in North America was the ill-fated colony on Roanoke Island, Virginia in 1585.Jamestown, Virginia was the first successfulsettlement on 13th of May, 1607.
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The first American colony to abolish slavery was Vermont. Vermont abolished slavery in 1777 and after this the abolish movement spread.
1st English colony because it was established in 1607, before Massachusetts in 1620, that succeeded. There was an attempt in the late 1580's to establish an English colony called Roanoke in the outer banks region of what is now North Carolina. The Spanish were colonizing before that, but 'colonizing' might not be the correct term for Spain's 1st involvement in the New World. Since 1492 Columbus expeditions to the west, the Spanish were sending 'explorers' / conquerors to central America, especially Mexico. St. Augustine, Fl., was established in 1565, so it was before Virginia.
It is unknown whether the 1st Lord Baltimore ever set foot on the land that became the Maryland Colony but he probably saw it from his ship when he was returning from his failed Colony of Avalon in Newfoundland and stopped off in Jamestown. Leonard Calvert as the first Governor of the Colony had the able services of the Captains and Crew of the Ark and the Dove which transported the first colonists to Maryland.
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