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.
All labels observed (2)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Restoration of Jamestown Island