Jamestown settlement

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English colonial settlement historic site

The Jamestown settlement was the first permanent English colony in North America, founded in 1607 in present-day Virginia.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Jamestown colony	4
Jamestown, Virginia Colony	2
Virginia Company settlement at Jamestown	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English colonial settlement ⓘ historic site ⓘ
400thAnniversaryCommemoration	Jamestown 2007 NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	James Fort NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamestowne NERFINISHED ⓘ
archaeologicalSite	Historic Jamestowne NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalFrom	1607 ⓘ
capitalOf	Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalUntil	1699 ⓘ
conflictWith	Powhatan Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
earlyLeader	Edward Maria Wingfield NERFINISHED ⓘ George Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ John Ratcliffe NERFINISHED ⓘ John Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
economyBasedOn	tobacco cultivation ⓘ
firstDocumentedAfricansArrived	1619 GENERATED ⓘ
firstDocumentedAfricansStatus	enslaved Africans GENERATED ⓘ
firstRepresentativeAssembly	House of Burgesses GENERATED ⓘ
fortType	palisaded triangular fort ⓘ
foundedBy	London Company NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Company of London NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedByPerson	Captain Christopher Newport NERFINISHED ⓘ Captain John Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Maria Wingfield NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedInYear	1607 ⓘ
foundingDate	1607-05-14 ⓘ
governedBy	Virginia Company of London NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
houseOfBurgessesFirstMet	1619 ⓘ
introducedCrop	export tobacco ⓘ
keyFigureInEconomy	John Rolfe NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	James River NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamestown Island NERFINISHED ⓘ North America ⓘ Virginia ⓘ
managedBy	Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ National Park Service ⓘ
namedAfter	King James I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyIndigenousGroup	Paspahegh people NERFINISHED ⓘ Powhatan people NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyLivingHistoryMuseum	Jamestown Settlement museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Colonial National Historical Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationEvent	Starving Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentDayLocation	Commonwealth of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Church of England ⓘ
replacedByCapital	Williamsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	beginning of continuous English presence in what became the United States ⓘ first permanent English settlement in North America ⓘ
starvingTimeYears	1609–1610 ⓘ
theme	English colonization of the Americas ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of the Council of the Jamestown colony → appliesToJurisdiction → Jamestown settlement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown colony

President of the Council of the Jamestown colony → appliesToJurisdiction → Jamestown settlement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia Company settlement at Jamestown

Jane Pierce → associatedWith → Jamestown settlement ⓘ

Thomas Rolfe → birthPlace → Jamestown settlement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia Colony

Sir Thomas Gates → governedTerritory → Jamestown settlement ⓘ

President of the Council of the Jamestown colony → governs → Jamestown settlement ⓘ

Rebecca Rolfe → marriageLocation → Jamestown settlement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown, Virginia Colony

A True Reportory of the Wracke, and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates Knight → relatedTo → Jamestown settlement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown colony

The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles → subject → Jamestown settlement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown colony

Third Supply mission to Jamestown → target → Jamestown settlement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jamestown colony