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1639年的教堂塔,是詹姆斯敦殖民時代到1890年照片拍攝時,少數可見的殘餘建築物。

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詹姆斯敦創建,1607514

英格蘭的維吉尼亞公司提出一個英勇的提案:航行到一個新的、神祕的土地,為紀念貞潔的皇后,伊莉莎白一世,那裡將命名為維吉尼亞,並且開始殖民。一百二十人橫渡大西洋,在1607514日,建立維吉尼亞的詹姆斯敦,英國在北美第一個常設性的殖民地。雖然下定決心,這些殖民者還不知道,他們即將面臨多嚴厲的挑戰。


The Virginia Company of England made a daring proposition: sail to the new, mysterious land, which they called Virginia in honor of Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen, and begin a settlement. One hundred twenty people made the voyage across the Atlantic. They established Jamestown, Virginia, on May 14, 1607, the first permanent British settlement in North America. Though determined, these settlers didn't know what severe challenges they would face.

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