The dawning of a new world.Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America. But before and after 1607, Europeans tried many times to establish themselves on the continent. To learn more about other early settlements, study this chronology (list of important dates), then answer the questions below. 1565: The Spanish establish St. Augustine in Florida. It becomes the oldest permanent European settlement in the United States. 1585-1582: In 1585, English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh sends 108 men to start a colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of today's North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. . The settlers return to England in 1586. Raleigh sends a second group of 109 settlers in 1582, but they disappear without a trace. 1607: The Virginia Company of London establishes Jamestown. about 1610: The Spanish make Santa Fe the capital of New Mexico. It is the oldest capital city in the United States. 1620: The Pilgrims sail from England and establish Plymouth Colony in what today is Massachusetts. 1624: The Dutch West India Company Dutch West India Company, trading and colonizing company, chartered by the States-General of the Dutch republic in 1621 and organized in 1623. Through its agency New Netherland was founded. establishes New Amsterdam, a colony of 30 families on the tip of present-day Manhattan Island, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . 1628-1629: The earliest Puritans arrive in Massachusetts. A year later, the Massachusetts Bay Colony Massachusetts Bay Colony Early English colony in Massachusetts. It was settled in 1630 by a group of 1,000 Puritan refugees from England (see Puritanism). In 1629 the Massachusetts Bay Co. is established at Boston. 1633: Settlers fed up with the strict Massachusetts government establish Windsor in what becomes Connecticut Colony. 1636: After being banished from Puritan Massachusetts, religious dissident Roger Williams establishes Providence, Rhode Island  “Providence” redirects here. For other uses, see Providence (disambiguation). Providence is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. . 1638: John Wheelwright, another religious dissident, helps establish Exeter, in present-day New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). . Settlers from Sweden establish Fort Christina, today Wilmington, Delaware. 1660: The Dutch and Swedes are the first Europeans to settle in New Jersey. The Dutch establish the first permanent white settlement in 1660, but English armiestake control in 1664. 1664: The British capture New Amsterdam from the Dutch and rename it New York. 1670: Settlers from England establish South Carolina's first permanent white settlement near present-day Charleston. 1681-1682: English Quaker William Penn receives a charter for the colony to be known as Pennsylvania. Its government becomes a model for others. 1699: After a series of fires in Jamestown, Virginia's capital is changed to Williamsburg. Words to Know * banished: sent away from a place as punishment. * religious dissident (DlSS.uh.dunt n. 1. A blow. ): one who disagrees with the established religion. Question 1. What is the oldest permanent European settlement in the U.S.?--. 2. Which city was established as the result of someone's banishment?-- 3. What important town did the Dutch establish?-- 4. How many gears passed between the establishment of the first colony at Roanoke and the colong at Jamestown?-- 5. Which colong's government served as a model for others?-- 6. What is the oldest capital city in the U.S.?-- 7. Who were the first Europeans to settle in present-day Delaware?-- 8. Why is Jamestown considered the first permanent English settlement in North America, when Roanoke was founded first?-- 9. Who changed New Amsterdam's name?-10. What factors might have contributed to a colony's success? 1. St. Augustine, Florida Parameter not given Error... ''Template needs its first parameter as beg[in], mid[dle], or end. Parameter not given Error... (1565, by the Spanish] 2. Providence, Rhode Island (1636, by Roger Williams) 3. New Amsterdam (in 1624; later New York) 4. 22 years (1607 minus 158S) 5. Pennsylvania (1681-1682) 6. Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe, more properly Santa Fé, (pronounced [ˈsænə feɪ] by natives, [ˌsænə ˈfeɪ] (circa 1610) 7. Swedes (1638) 8. Settlement of Jamestown established the colony of Virginia The Colony of Virginia (also known frequently as the Virginia Colony and occasionally as the Dominion and Colony of Virginia) was the English colony in North America that existed briefly during the 16th century, and then continuously from 1607 until the American , while Roanoke disappeared. 9. The British, who named it Who Named It? is an English-language dictionary of medical eponyms and the people associated with their identification. Though this is a dictionary, many eponyms and persons are presented in extensive articles with comprehensive bibliographies. New York after capturing it in 1664. 10. Answers will vary, but could include: climate, geography (proximity to water, trading routes), a cohesive government, a good relationship with nearby Indians, and the work ethic and compatibility of settlers. |
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