USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1607, 104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was named after their King, James I. The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America.

Detailed explanation-2: -The colony was a private venture, financed and organized by the Virginia Company of London. King James I granted a charter to a group of investors for the establishment of the company on April 10, 1606.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jamestown, founded in 1607, was the first successful permanent English settlement in what would become the United States. The settlement existed for nearly 100 years as the capital of the Virginia colony, but it was abandoned after the capital moved to Williamsburg in 1699.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Fort Period at Jamestown lasted from 1607, when the first colonists arrived, to circa 1624. By then, the settlement was expanding and James Fort had mostly fallen out of use. To explore key events from this period and the years leading up to it, click on a year in red below.