The first English overseas settlements were established in North America and the West Indies, quickly followed by trading posts called "factories" in the East Indies, such as Bantam, and in the Indian subcontinent, beginning with Surat. In 1639 a series of English fortresses on the Indian coast was initiated with Fort St George. In 1661, the marriage of King Charles II to Catherine of Braganza brought him as part of her dowry new possessions which had been Portuguese, including Tangier in North Africa and Bombay in India.
England first tried to set up colonies at Ronoake Island in 1585. This attempt was known as the Ralph Lane Colony .
England's first attempt at American colonization was in 1607. This was . started in Jamestown Virginia. In 1776. America got its independence.
The first English attempt at colonization was in Newfoundland in the early 1400s. The leader was killed at sea thus the colony withered away. The next English attempt at colonization was at Roanoke NC. This settlement mysteriously vanished. Spain tried to colonize areas in the Carribean and Mexico in the 1510s. Columbus "founded" America in 1492 sailing for Portugal. The first people in America were the Norweigan Vikings in the 11th century. The Portuguese Colonial Empire was the first European global empire in history. It was the longest-lived of the modern empires, spanning almost six centuries, from the capture of Ceuta (South of Gibraltar and now Spanish) in 1415 to the handover of Macau in 1999.
True Ireland was England first attempt at colonisation
colonization of English in Canada
In the 1580's, English settlers attempted to colonize Roanoke Island in North Carolina. At this time the attempt at colonizing failed, but they came back to it and successfully colonized a few years later.
Private individuals supported the first colonization efforts undertaken by the English in the New World. One of the first settlement attempts by the English was taken on by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1585.
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Maine
Roanoke Colony or at least i think that is what you are asking for if not, sorry
kinda
Jamestown, VA
Jamestown, VA