The ships first landed in British settlements ... “James Cittie,” later called Jamestown, was established on May 13, 1607, fifty miles up the newly named James River. This area was chosen ...

Twelve years earlier, in 1607, three ships carrying about 100 English colonists -- most of them men -- had sailed into Chesapeake Bay and anchored at the mouth of the James River. There the ...

Founded in May 1607, Jamestown was the first permanent English ... Even as a ballast—a heavy item used to help stabilize a ...

The Virginia Comapny of London In 1607, 105 colonists landed ... captive Africans --anchored at Jamestown in the mouth of the James River. The ship needed supplies, so the Dutch sailors traded ...

In 1607, the English established their first permanent settlement in Jamestown, Virginia. Over the coming centuries, millions of people from around the globe were attracted to this New World that ...