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  2. British colonization of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    The first documented settlement of Europeans in the Americas was established by Norse people around 1000 AD in what is now Newfoundland, called Vinland by the Norse. Later European exploration of North America resumed with Christopher Columbus's 1492 expedition sponsored by Spain. English settlement began almost a century later.

  3. Roanoke Colony - Wikipedia

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    The Roanoke Colony (/ ˈ r oʊ ə n oʊ k / ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The colony was founded in 1585, but when it was visited by a ship in 1590, the colonists had inexplicably disappeared.

  4. List of Jamestown colonists - Wikipedia

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    It became the first long-term English settlement in North America. [1] [2] The trips aboard the ships Susan Constant, Discovery, and the Godspeed, and the settlement itself, were sponsored by the London Company, whose "adventurers" (investors) hoped to make a profit from the resources of the New World.

  5. List of North American settlements by year of foundation

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    New Mexico United States First European-founded capital of the "New World" in the United States, established by Juan de Oñate. 1598 San Juan de los Caballeros: New Mexico United States With Española, the oldest European-founded settlement in the southwestern United States: 1599 Tadoussac: Quebec: Canada

  6. History of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The Roanoke Colony was the first English colony in the New World. It was founded at Roanoke Island in what was then Virginia, now part of Dare County, North Carolina . Between 1584 and 1587, there were two major groups of settlers sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh who attempted to establish a permanent settlement at Roanoke Island, and each failed.

  7. Jamestown, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    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]

  8. Popham Colony - Wikipedia

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    The settlement at Jamestown is shown by "J". The Popham Colony—also known as the Sagadahoc Colony—was a short-lived English colonial settlement in North America. It was established in 1607 by the proprietary Plymouth Company and was located in the present-day town of Phippsburg, Maine, near the mouth of the Kennebec River.

  9. Province of Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Although the Lost Colony on Roanoke Island was the first English attempt at settlement in the Carolina territory, the first permanent English settlement was not established until the 1653 Albemarle Settlement, when emigrants from the Virginia Colony, with others from New England and Bermuda, settled at the mouths of the Chowan and Roanoke ...