Jamestown

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archaeological site historic settlement tourist attraction

Jamestown is the site of the first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607 in what is now Virginia.

Aliases (10)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site → historic settlement → tourist attraction →
capitalFrom	1607 →
capitalOf	Colony of Virginia →
capitalUntil	1699 →
colonialPower	Kingdom of England →
continent	North America →
country	United States →
foundedBy	Virginia Company of London →
foundingDate	1607-05-14 →
governedBy	National Park Service → Preservation Virginia →
governingBodyInColonialPeriod	House of Burgesses →
hasArchaeologicalFind	17th-century fort remains → human burials from early colonial period →
hasArchaeologicalProject	Jamestown Rediscovery →
hasCommemoration	Jamestown 350th Anniversary (1957) → Jamestown 400th Anniversary (2007) →
hasEthnicGroupInHistory	English colonists → Powhatan peoples →
hasMuseum	Jamestown Settlement living-history museum →
hasReligionInHistory	Anglicanism →
hasSettlementType	fortified settlement →
hasTourismAttraction	Glasshouse at Jamestown → reconstructed James Fort → replica 1607 ships →
heritageDesignation	U.S. National Historic Landmark → U.S. National Historical Park component →
isFirstPermanentEnglishSettlementIn	North America →
locatedIn	James City County → Virginia →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
locatedOn	James River →
namedAfter	King James I of England →
nearbyCity	Newport News, Virginia → Norfolk, Virginia → Williamsburg, Virginia →
originalName	James Fort →
partOf	Colonial National Historical Park → Colony of Virginia → Historic Triangle of Virginia → Thirteen Colonies →
replacedAsCapitalBy	Williamsburg →
significantEvent	First Anglo-Powhatan War → Second Anglo-Powhatan War → Starving Time (1609–1610) → Third Anglo-Powhatan War → arrival of first recorded Africans in English North America (1619) → first representative legislative assembly in English America (1619) →

Referenced by (44)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Pocahontas ("Jamestown, Virginia") → William Strachey ("Jamestown colony") → Yorktown →	associatedWith
Deliverance ("Jamestown colony") → Patience ("Jamestown, Virginia") → Sea Venture ("Jamestown, Virginia") →	destination
Tidewater region ("Jamestown, Virginia") → Virginia Peninsula ("Jamestown, Virginia") →	contains
Patience ("Jamestown Colony") → Sea Venture shipwreck ("Jamestown, Virginia") →	relatedTo
John Rolfe ("Jamestown, Virginia Colony") → Stephen Hopkins ("Jamestown, Virginia Colony") →	residence
Stephen Hopkins ("Jamestown, Virginia Colony") → William Strachey ("Jamestown, Virginia") →	traveledTo
Patience →	arrivalAt
Sea Venture ("Third Supply to Jamestown") →	associatedEvent
Sea Venture ("Jamestown, Virginia") →	associatedPlace
Old Dominion ("Jamestown, Virginia") →	associatedWithCity
Colony and Dominion of Virginia →	capital
Eastern United States ("Jamestown, Virginia") →	containsHistoricSite
John Rolfe ("Jamestown, Virginia") →	emigratedTo
Sea Venture shipwreck ("Third Supply mission to Jamestown") →	flagshipOf
James River ("Jamestown, Virginia") →	flowsThrough
Virginia Company of London →	foundedColony
Jamestown ("Jamestown Rediscovery") →	hasArchaeologicalProject
House of Burgesses →	hasCapital
Jamestown ("Jamestown 400th Anniversary (2007)") →	hasCommemoration
Virginia →	hasHistoricSite
Bacon's Rebellion ("Jamestown, Virginia") →	hasLocation
Colony and Dominion of Virginia →	hasPart
House of Burgesses ("Jamestown, Virginia") →	locatedIn
The New World ("Jamestown, Virginia") →	mainSubject
John Rolfe ("Jamestown, Virginia") →	marriagePlaceToPocahontas
Williamsburg ("Jamestown, Virginia") →	near
Colonial National Historical Park ("Jamestown, Virginia") →	nearestCity
Sea Venture ("Third Supply mission to Jamestown") →	partOf
John Smith ("Jamestown, Virginia") →	placeOfActivity
Deliverance ("Jamestown, Virginia") →	portOfArrival
The New World ("Jamestown settlement") →	portrays
Williamsburg →	precededAsCapitalBy
Virginia Company of London ("1607 Jamestown expedition") →	sentExpedition
The New World ("Jamestown, Virginia") →	settingPlace
Deliverance ("Third Supply mission to Jamestown") →	voyageContext
Sea Venture shipwreck ("Jamestown, Virginia") →	voyageDestination