| − | '''Jamestown''', [[Virginia]] was the first permanent [[England|English]] settlement in [[America]]. The first persons landed on May 14, 1607, one year before the establishment of the City of [[Quebec]] in [[Canada]]. About 104 persons were sent by the [[London Company]] to leave in three ships, the Sarah Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery. They came to Virginia to establish a trading post and to search for gold and silver. After five months at sea,the pioneers sighted land at the entrance to the [[Chesapeake Bay]] on April 26, 1607. They sailed about 32 miles up the [[James River]],and then chose a little peninsula as the site for their settlement. They named both the river and the settlement after [[King James the First]] of England. | + | '''Jamestown''', [[Virginia]] was the first permanent [[England|English]] settlement in [[America]]. The first persons landed on May 14, 1607, one year before the establishment of the City of [[Quebec]] in [[Canada]]. About 104 persons were sent by the [[London Company]] to leave in three ships, the Sarah Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery. They came to Virginia to establish a trading post and to search for gold and silver. After five months at sea,the pioneers sighted land at the entrance to the [[Chesapeake Bay]] on April 26, 1607. They sailed about 32 miles up the [[James River]],and then chose a little peninsula as the site for their settlement. They named both the river and the settlement after [[James I|King James the First]] of England. |