jamestown
Jamestown
The first English colony was established on Roanoke Island, in what is now North Carolina, in 1585. A second colony, the famous Lost Colony, was established two years later, but disappeared. A third colony, established in 1607 at Jamestown in Virginia, was more successful.
Jamestown
The Constitution
Virginia. That's where Jamestown was. However, the failed Roanoke, which came before Jamestown, was in North Carolina.
Roanoke was the first English colony in America, established in 1585, but it disappeared mysteriously. Jamestown, established in 1607, was the first successful permanent English settlement in America. Roanoke was a failed colony, while Jamestown thrived and grew into a stable colony.
Jamestown
The Jamestown Colony founded in 1607
Jamestown in 1607 is the first permanent colony, but the second colony if you count Roanoke as the first colony.
1607
Jamestown Colony was established by the Virginia Company in 1607. It was lead by Captain John Smith, who stayed there from 1607 to 1609.