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Colonial Settlements
Colonial Settlements
The earliest European settlements in North America and the communities that grew from them.
Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement in North America, founded 1607 on the Virginia tidewater
Plymouth Colony
The Pilgrim settlement of 1620 — first successful English colony in New England
Roanoke Colony
The "Lost Colony" that vanished from the Outer Banks before relief ships returned
St. Augustine
The Spanish presidio in Florida — oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the United States