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The first Polish immigrants came to the Jamestown colony in October, 1608, during the "second supply", twelve years before the Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts. [9] These early settlers were brought as skilled artisans by the English soldier–adventurer Captain John Smith , and included a glass blower , a pitch and tar maker, a soap maker and ...
Painting of John Smith and colonists landing in Jamestown. On 4 May [O.S. 14 May] 1607, 105 to 108 English men and boys (surviving the voyage from England) established the Jamestown Settlement for the Virginia Company of London, on a slender peninsula on the bank of the James River.
May-June 1602: Captain Bartholomew Gosnold, Captain Bartholomew Gilbert, Captain Gabriel Archer, and others explore the New World coast with the intention of starting a colony but occupy Cuttyhunk Island for only a few weeks before returning to England [6] March 24, 1603: Queen Elizabeth I dies. James VI of Scotland becomes King James I of England.
10. Williamsburg, Virginia (1632) Williamsburg was founded in 1632 and originally known as Middle Plantation, a fortified settlement strategically built between the James and York rivers on high ...
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]
Myth: The Pilgrims came to the New World seeking religious freedom. ... after Jamestown in Virginia — and began gathering a group of people to travel with them, mainly servants, explorers and ...
The first Polish immigrants came to the Jamestown colony in 1608, twelve years before the Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts. [4] These early settlers were brought as skilled artisans by the English soldier–adventurer Captain John Smith, and included a glass blower, a pitch and tar maker, a soap maker and a timberman. [4]
What is now Berkeley Plantation, Virginia, claims it hosted the First Thanksgiving a year and 17 days before the Pilgrims even landed (yes, it is counting) and holds an annual “America’s First ...