King James
Jamestown named for King James I of England. Founded in 1607 I think
Jamestown, Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was established by the Virginia Company of London, and named after James I of England. Captain Edward Maria Wingfield was elected as the first president of the governing council in Jamestown in 1607.
Permanent colonization of the New World began in 1607 with the English settlement of Jamestown, in what we now call Virginia. From the beginning, Jamestown, which was named after King James I, had its troubles.
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In 1607, the aristocrats established the settlement of Jamestown, which became the first permanent English colony in North America. Located in Virginia, it was named after King James I and was intended to expand English trade and territory. The settlement faced numerous challenges, including harsh weather, food shortages, and conflicts with Indigenous peoples, but it ultimately laid the foundation for future English colonization in the region.
Roanoke was the first settlement, but the people disappeared and the settelemnt was abandoned. Jamestown was the first permanant English settlement. It was named for King James I of England, and was founded in the Virginia Colony on May 14, 1607.
Jamestown was named after King James I of England who reigned King when the colony was established. Similarly Virginia was named for Queen Elizabeth, the "Virgin" queen, the college of William and Mary was named for the Monarchs William and Mary of Orange, and Williamsburg was named later, after the death of Queen Mary.
Answer:In 1608, a year after the English founded Jamestown, Samuel de Champlain sailed up the St, Lawrence River, to establish a fort at a point the Native Americans called kebec, which meant a narrowing of the waters. Champlain had heard the Algonquian word and named the settlement Quebec.
It was named Boston
The first Dutch settlement in Albany was named Fort Orange.
Jamestown was the first settlement in what became Virginia (named in honor of the Virgin Queen, Elizabeth) and Plymouth was the first settlement in what would become the Massachusetts Bay colony.