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The American colonies were established in 1620. Jamestown was not a colony in 1607 but men looking for gold. Plymouth was a true colony with families.
Jamestown VA was the first permanent colony. It was established as "James Fort" on May 14, 1607.
jamestownIn 1607 the Virginia Company of London established the colony of Jamestowne as the first permanent New World English colony.
In 1607 Jamestown was established in VA. Making VA the first colony. Actually, Jamestown was NOT the first colony. Roanoake was the first colony, and it is located off the coast of North Carolina.
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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.
Virginia. That's where Jamestown was. However, the failed Roanoke, which came before Jamestown, was in North Carolina.
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To make money for the Virginia Company.
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.
The Jamestown Colony founded in 1607
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Jamestown in 1607 is the first permanent colony, but the second colony if you count Roanoke as the first colony.
Jamestown Colony was established by the Virginia Company in 1607. It was lead by Captain John Smith, who stayed there from 1607 to 1609.