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  2. Susan Constant - Wikipedia

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    Tons burthen. 120. Length. est. 116 ft (35 m) Sail plan. barque. Susan Constant, possibly Sarah Constant was the largest of three ships of the English Virginia Company on the 1606–1607 voyage that resulted in the founding of Jamestown in the new Colony of Virginia. Captained by Christopher Newport, she was joined by the Discovery and Godspeed.

  3. Manifest destiny - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. " Manifest destiny " was a phrase that represented the belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand westward across North America, and that this belief was both obvious ("manifest") and certain ("destiny"). The belief was rooted in American exceptionalism and Romantic nationalism, implying the ...

  4. List of Jamestown colonists - Wikipedia

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    The ships made it to Jamestown on May 23rd to find only 60 starving colonists, and chose to abandon the colony. Patience and Deliverance (castaways from Bermuda and Sea Venture) Henry Bagwell. Mistress Maria Thorowgood Buck [additional citation (s) needed] Richard Buck. William Capps. Edward Eason. Mistress Eason.

  5. Frontier Thesis - Wikipedia

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    Frontier Thesis. The Frontier Thesis, also known as Turner's Thesis or American frontierism, is the argument advanced by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893 that the settlement and colonization of the rugged American frontier was decisive in forming the culture of American democracy and distinguishing it from European nations.

  6. Jamestown supply missions - Wikipedia

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    The Jamestown supply missions were a series of fleets (or sometimes individual ships) from 1607 to around 1611 that were dispatched from England by the London Company (also known as the Virginia Company of London) with the specific goal of initially establishing the company's presence and later specifically maintaining the English settlement of "James Fort" on present-day Jamestown Island.

  7. History of Jamestown, Virginia (1607–1699) - Wikipedia

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    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 trends resulting from and affecting the town ...

  8. Christopher Newport - Wikipedia

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    Christopher Newport (1561–1617) was an English seaman and privateer.He is best known as the captain of the Susan Constant, the largest of three ships which carried settlers for the Virginia Company in 1607 on the way to found the settlement at Jamestown in the Virginia Colony, which became the first permanent English settlement in North America.

  9. John Smith (explorer) - Wikipedia

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    Signature. John Smith (baptized 6 January 1580 – 21 June 1631) was an English soldier, explorer, colonial governor, admiral of New England, and author. He played an important role in the establishment of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in North America, in the early 17th century.