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Jamestown was the first British permanent settlement in America. It was settled under a charter from King James in 1607, in the area now known as the US State of Virginia The main purpose of the settlement was to grow and export tobacco.

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Jamestown came to America in 1606 and into 1699. During the American Civil War Confederate soldiers created a fort near the town church in 1861, but it later fell to Union troops.

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The Jamestown settlement started in 1607.

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