2006-12-14 09:31:43 · 7 answers · asked by :) 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
st. augustine florida, by the spanish....
before plymouth or jamestown or roanoke
there can also be made a case for the norse
settleing labrador even eariler....
2006-12-14 09:59:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The oldest continuously occupied European settlements in the U.S. are San Juan, Puerto Rico, founded 1521.
On the mainland, St. Augustine in what is now the state of Florida, founded in 1565.
2006-12-17 17:43:14 · answer #2 · answered by CanTexan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i would think it would be jamestown , VA was a small setltement
3 Former village, SE Va., first permanent English settlement in America; est. May 14, 1607, by the London Company on a marshy peninsula (now an island) in the James River and named for the reigning English monarch, James I. Disease, starvation, and Native American attacks wiped out most of the colony, but the London Company continually sent more men and supplies, and John Smith briefly provided efficient leadership (he returned to England in 1609 for treatment of an injury). After the severe winter of 1609—10 (the "starving time" ), the survivors prepared to return to England but were stopped by the timely arrival of Lord De la Warr with supplies. John Rolfe cultivated the first tobacco there in 1612, introducing a successful source of livelihood; in 1614 he assured peace with the local Native Americans by marrying Pocahontas, daughter of chief Powhatan. In 1619 the first representative government in the New World met at Jamestown, which remained the capital of Virginia throughout the 17th cent. The village was almost entirely destroyed during Bacon's Rebellion; it was partially rebuilt but fell into decay with the removal of the capital to Williamsburg (1698—1700).
2006-12-14 09:35:31 · answer #3 · answered by lethander_99 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It replaced right into a viking - very in all possibility Leif Erickson, the son of Eric the purple, who replaced into based in Greenland yet visited North united statesa. in seek of wood and sport to take lower back to Greenland. It replaced into Erik the purple who gave Greenland its call, he theory by employing calling it some thing captivating it may inspire extra Viking settlers from Iceland to settle there. even with the undeniable fact that Iceland had its factors of interest it replaced into seen adverse farming territory and for around 500 years from 980 the Vikings colonised Greenland and from there explored the jap coast of Canada and united statesa.. those journeys even with the undeniable fact that have been just to assemble aspects and probably detect - there's no checklist of the vikings ever having tried to settle there. Why i don't understand, the climate had to be extra beneficial than Greenland and aspects of nutrients and gasoline have been ample. i will merely presume that they had some run-ins with the interior of sight tribes and concluded that it replaced into too risky to do something different than make short visits.
2016-12-30 10:15:50 · answer #4 · answered by dobard 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first sucessful one was probably Jamestown in Virginia (1607 AD).
An eariler colony was established on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, (in 1585 AD) but the settlers dissapeared.
2006-12-14 09:38:19 · answer #5 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Roanoke Colony was the first English colony in the New World in 1584. It was founded at Roanoke Island in what was then Virginia.
2006-12-14 10:10:39 · answer #6 · answered by Rachael B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
St. Augustine Fla. 1559 then a Hurricane wiped it out and it was resettled in 1564.
2006-12-14 11:10:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋