Jamestown Island

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Jamestown Island is a historic island in Virginia best known as the site of the first permanent English settlement in North America, established in 1607.

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Label Occurrences
Jamestown Island canonical 4
Restoration of Jamestown Island 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site
historic district
historic island
associatedWith Captain John Smith
Chief Powhatan
James VI and I
surface form: King James I of England

Pocahontas
Powhatan peoples
surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
capitalFrom 1607
capitalOf Colony and Dominion of Virginia
surface form: Colony of Virginia
capitalUntil 1699
contains Archaearium archaeology museum
Colonial National Historical Park
surface form: Historic Jamestowne

James Fort archaeological site
Jamestown Church Tower
Pocahontas memorial
surface form: Pocahontas statue

Tercentenary Monument
site of the first permanent English settlement in North America
country United States of America
firstPermanentEnglishSettlementIn North America
foundedAs Jamestown
foundedBy Virginia Company of London
foundingDate 1607
governingBody National Park Service
Preservation Virginia
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
surface form: U.S. National Historic District
historicalEvent Starving Time (1609–1610)
surface form: Starving Time winter of 1609–1610

arrival of Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery in 1607
arrival of first recorded Africans in English North America in 1619 vicinity
establishment of Jamestown colony in 1607
introduction of tobacco cultivation in early 17th century
meeting of the first representative legislative assembly in English America in 1619 vicinity
locatedIn James City County, Virginia NERFINISHED
James River
Tidewater Virginia
Virginia
locatedNear Jamestown Settlement living-history museum
Williamsburg
surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia

Yorktown
surface form: Yorktown, Virginia
locatedOnWaterbody James River
locatedUpstreamFrom Chesapeake Bay
ownership Preservation Virginia
surface form: Preservation Virginia (portion)

United States government
surface form: United States federal government
partOf Colonial National Historical Park
Historic Triangle of Virginia
primaryActivities archaeological research
heritage tourism
historic interpretation
servedAs capital of the Colony of Virginia
tourism open to the public as a historic site

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James River hasIsland Jamestown Island
Colonial Williamsburg restoration relatedProject Jamestown Island
this entity surface form: Restoration of Jamestown Island
James Fort locatedIn Jamestown Island
James City County contains Jamestown Island