Tag: Colonialism

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14th May 1607: Jamestown, Virginia, established as the first permanent English settlement in North America

14th May 2021
Tagged as: America, Colonialism, Discovery, Exploration, James I, Jamestown, United States, USA, Virginia

They quickly began to construct a triangular fort containing a number of houses alongside a storehouse and a church, which they named James Fort after King James I.

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13th May 1787: The First Fleet departs for Australia

13th May 2020
Tagged as: America, Australia, Britain, Colonialism, Criminal, Exploration, Imperialism, Ship, South Africa

On the 13^th May 1787, the eleven ships of the “First Fleet” set sail under Captain Arthur Phillip from Portsmouth, England, to establish a penal colony in Australia.