# Was Jamestown, Va. really the first "permanent English settlement " in America?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 3, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jamestown-va-really-the-first-permanent-english-settlement-in-america/297547 "2005-04-03T18:49:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jamestown-va-really-the-first-permanent-english-settlement-in-america/297547/21 "2005-04-04T15:36:20Z")

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I think that a more correct way of phrasing the claim about Jamestown is to say that it was the _first successful_ English colony on the North American mainland.

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**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-jamestown-va-really-the-first-permanent-english-settlement-in-america/297547/22 "2005-04-05T11:52:10Z")

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> [@Kizarvexius](#):
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> I think that a more correct way of phrasing the claim about Jamestown is to say that it was the _first successful_ English colony on the North American mainland.

Cngratulations! You have provided an answer I can live with. Thank you.

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