Virginia-Quadricentennial Plaza-Jamestown Settlement - Jamestown VA
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A permanent settlement was established by England’s Virginia Company of London in 1607 under its original charter. In 1609, King James I granted a second charter, which increased Virginia’s territory to its maximum size.
Waymark Code: WM13DA9
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 11/13/2020
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Virginia-Quadricentennial Plaza— Jamestown Settlement
The first permanent English settlement in North America and the first of the thirteen original colonies.
Capital-Richmond
A permanent settlement was established by England’s Virginia Company of London in 1607 under its original charter. In 1609, King James I granted a second charter, which increased Virginia’s territory to its maximum size, stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Following the American Revolution, Virginia relinquished her northern and western territories, which eventually were divided into individual states.
1570-Spanish Mission established near the York River
1607-Permanently settled by the English at Jamestown
1788—Admitted to the Union as the 10th state.
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