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It was Roanoke island
Jamestown, FROM eliphete: THIS ANSWER IS WRONG BECAUSE THERE WAS ANOTHER SUCCESFUL ENGLISH COLONY IN THE NEW WORLD THAT MANY DISCREDIT, THE REAL ANSWER IS THE COLONY OF ROANOKE.
In 1607 Jamestown was began, but the Plymouth colony in 1620 was meant to be a permanent colony.
Hispaniola
The first permanent English colony was Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. It was the first to be settled in the Americas.
A French colony was located on the island of Hispaniola, called Saint Domingue which is now called Haiti.
The first English colony to be established in the New World was the Jamestown colony. The last English colony in the New World was British Colombia which was not colonized until the mid 1800s.
The first English colony to be established in the New World was the Jamestown colony. The last English colony in the New World was British Colombia which was not colonized until the mid 1800s.
It was Roanoke island
The first Spanish colony in the New World was Santo Domingo, located on the island of Hispaniola. It was established by Christopher Columbus in 1496.
Massachusetts was home to Harvard the first university in the New World.
Jamestown
That honor has to go to the Spanish. Some say the Vikings, but, they didn't stay long enough to welcome the English or the French.
Jamestown, FROM eliphete: THIS ANSWER IS WRONG BECAUSE THERE WAS ANOTHER SUCCESFUL ENGLISH COLONY IN THE NEW WORLD THAT MANY DISCREDIT, THE REAL ANSWER IS THE COLONY OF ROANOKE.
The French started colonizing territories of North America in the 16th Century. They established settlements and forts in the places that later would become cities as Montreal and Quebec in Canada and as Baton, Rouge, Green Bay, Detroit and New Orleans in the US. They arrived to the New World for the first time in 1524 and in the following years they tried to found settlements in several parts of the continent, but almost all of them were short-lived.
jamestownIn 1607 the Virginia Company of London established the colony of Jamestowne as the first permanent New World English colony.
ROANOKE