Spain had established a permanent settlement in North America before 1600. St. Augustine was established as a fort in 1565. It was the first permanent settlement in what would become the United States.
The first permanent English settlement in the Americas was established in Virginia. It was called Jamestown.
Christopher Columbus
Reverend Thomas Hooker
The first permanent settlement in Australia was established by Great Britain. In 1788, the First Fleet of eleven ships arrived, with over 700 convicts and a similar number of marines and officers.
The first settlement was in Pueblo, Colorado and it was called San Carlos. It was established by Juan Bautista in 1787.
Santa Fe
Virginia
The first permanant settlement is in Pensacola, FL.
Samuel de Champlain established the first permanent French settlement in North America at Québec in 1608.
The first European permanent and continuous settlement in the present-day U.S. was established by the Spanish at Saint Augustine. (by taylor J.)
The first permanent Spanish settlement in North America was St. Augustine in what became Florida. It was established in September of 1565.