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.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Jamestown, Virginia	48
Jamestown canonical	20
Jamestown colony	9
Jamestown, Virginia Colony	5
Jamestown settlement	4
Third Supply mission to Jamestown	3
Jamestown Colony	2
Jamestown colonists	2
1607 Jamestown expedition	1
Jamestown 400th Anniversary (2007)	1
Jamestown Rediscovery	1
Jamestown fort	1
Jamestown settlers	1
Jamestown, Virginia, United States	1
Third Supply to Jamestown	1
original 17th-century James Fort at Jamestown	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ historic settlement ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
capitalFrom	1607 ⓘ
capitalOf	Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ surface form: Colony of Virginia
capitalUntil	1699 ⓘ
colonialPower	Kingdom of England ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jamestown Rediscovery
hasCommemoration	Jamestown Exposition ⓘ surface form: Jamestown 350th Anniversary (1957) Jamestown self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jamestown 400th Anniversary (2007)
hasEthnicGroupInHistory	Colonial America ⓘ surface form: English colonists Powhatan peoples ⓘ
hasMuseum	Jamestown Settlement living-history museum ⓘ
hasReligionInHistory	Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism
hasSettlementType	fortified settlement ⓘ
hasTourismAttraction	Jamestown Settlement living-history museum ⓘ surface form: Glasshouse at Jamestown reconstructed James Fort ⓘ replica 1607 ships ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ surface form: 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	James VI and I ⓘ surface form: King James I of England
nearbyCity	Newport News, Virginia ⓘ Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ Williamsburg ⓘ surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
originalName	James Fort ⓘ
partOf	Colonial National Historical Park ⓘ Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ surface form: Colony of Virginia Colonial National Historical Park ⓘ surface form: 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) ⓘ

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Virginia → hasHistoricSite → Jamestown ⓘ

Colony and Dominion of Virginia → capital → Jamestown ⓘ

Colony and Dominion of Virginia → hasPart → Jamestown ⓘ

Sea Venture shipwreck → flagshipOf → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Supply mission to Jamestown

Sea Venture shipwreck → relatedTo → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

Sea Venture shipwreck → voyageDestination → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

Stephen Hopkins → residence → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia Colony

Stephen Hopkins → traveledTo → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia Colony

Old Dominion → associatedWithCity → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

Jamestown → hasArchaeologicalProject → Jamestown self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown Rediscovery

Jamestown → hasCommemoration → Jamestown self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown 400th Anniversary (2007)

Williamsburg → precededAsCapitalBy → Jamestown ⓘ

Williamsburg → near → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

Yorktown → associatedWith → Jamestown ⓘ

Virginia Company of London → foundedColony → Jamestown ⓘ

Virginia Company of London → sentExpedition → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1607 Jamestown expedition

House of Burgesses → locatedIn → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

House of Burgesses → hasCapital → Jamestown ⓘ

Pocahontas → associatedWith → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

John Rolfe → emigratedTo → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

John Rolfe → marriagePlaceToPocahontas → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

John Rolfe → residence → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia Colony

John Smith → placeOfActivity → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

Bacon's Rebellion → hasLocation → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

Eastern United States → containsHistoricSite → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

The New World → mainSubject → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

The New World → settingPlace → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

The New World → portrays → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown settlement

Sea Venture → partOf → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Supply mission to Jamestown

Sea Venture → destination → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

Sea Venture → associatedPlace → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

Sea Venture → associatedEvent → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Supply to Jamestown

William Strachey → traveledTo → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

William Strachey → associatedWith → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown colony

Deliverance → destination → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown colony

Deliverance → portOfArrival → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

Deliverance → voyageContext → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Supply mission to Jamestown

Patience → destination → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

Patience → relatedTo → Jamestown ⓘ

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Patience → arrivalAt → Jamestown ⓘ

James River → flowsThrough → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

Virginia Peninsula → contains → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

Tidewater region → contains → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

Colonial National Historical Park → nearestCity → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

James Blair → residence → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

Colonial Williamsburg → hasNearbySite → Jamestown ⓘ

Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses → location → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses → residence → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

Chesapeake Bay region → siteOf → Jamestown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown colony

Shirley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia → near → Jamestown ⓘ

subject surface form: Shirley Plantation

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia