WORLD 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 establishment of the Roanoke Colony (/ˈroʊənoʊk/ ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.

Detailed explanation-4: -Contents. On May 14, 1607, a group of roughly 100 members of a joint venture called the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English settlement in North America on the banks of the James River.