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

[Kizarvexius]

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.

[Ronald_C.Semone]

@Kizarvexius

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.