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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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30th July 1619: The General Assembly of Virginia, the oldest continuous elected assembly in the New World, convenes for the first time

30th July 2020
Tagged as: America, Democracy, Government, Jamestown, Virginia

The oldest continuous elected legislative assembly in the New World, the House of Burgesses in Virginia, convened for the first time.

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

30th July 1619: The General Assembly of Virginia, the oldest continuous elected assembly in the New World, convenes for the first time

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