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The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1624), by Capt. John Smith, one of the first histories of Virginia. The written history of Virginia begins with documentation by the first Spanish explorers to reach the area in the 16th century, when it was occupied chiefly by Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Siouan peoples.
In June 1606, the London Company was granted a charter for a section of the continent south of that given to the Plymouth Company. [1] Both companies established settlements in 1607 - the London Company in Jamestown, [1] and the Plymouth Company in Plymouth. Soon, the term Virginia came to refer only to that part of North America covered by the ...
The Colony of Virginia was a British, colonial settlement in North America between 1606 and 1776. The first effort to create an English settlement in the area was chartered in 1584 and established in 1585; the resulting Roanoke Colony lasted for three attempts totaling six years. In 1590, the colony was abandoned.
“In this litigation, Clemson seeks confirmation of the plain language found in the Grant of Rights agreements and the related media agreements between the ACC and ESPN — that these agreements ...
Fort Hill, photographed in 1887, was the home of John C. Calhoun and later Thomas Green Clemson and is at the center of the university campus.. Thomas Green Clemson, the university's founder, came to the foothills of South Carolina in 1838, when he married Anna Maria Calhoun, daughter of John C. Calhoun, the South Carolina politician and seventh U.S. Vice President. [15]
History of Jamestown, Virginia (1607–1699) Jamestown, also Jamestowne, was the first settlement of the Virginia Colony, founded in 1607, and served as the capital of Virginia until 1699, when the seat of government was moved to Williamsburg. This article covers the history of the fort and town at Jamestown proper, as well as colony-wide ...
Forget the football field. It’s loud inside Cade Klubnik’s head. Expectations are high. The pressure to perform is higher. All of that sat in his brain throughout his first year as the Clemson ...
The Jamestown[ a] settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi (4 km) southwest of present-day Williamsburg. [ 1] It was established by the London Company as "James Fort" on May 4, 1607 O.S. (May 14, 1607 N.S. ), [ 2] and ...