Because James founded it.
The first permanent English settlement in the Americas was established in Virginia. It was called Jamestown.
First English settlement is Jamestown located in Virginia.
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Jamestown, Virginia
Eager to move beyond the mysterious disappearance of the first settlement of Roanoke, Jamestown was established in 1607. It became the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It served as the capital of Virginia Colony from 1616 until 1699.
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Jamestown was the first English settlement. <><><> The FIRST English settlement in what is now the US was Roanoke Island, NC. However, all colonists there disappeared. Jamestown was the first PERMANENT English colony is the US.
Jamestown was very important because it was the first permanent English settlement in North America. It is America's birthplace.
The first permanent English settlement in the colonies was Jamestown(e).