16 Facts About Jamestown Virginia

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Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.

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Jamestown Virginia served as the colonial capital from 1616 until 1699.

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3.

London Company's second settlement in Bermuda claims to be the site of the oldest town in the English New World, as St George's, Bermuda, was officially established in 1612 as New London, whereas James Fort in Jamestown Virginia was not converted into James Towne until 1619, and further did not survive to the present day.

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4.

In 1676, Jamestown Virginia was deliberately burned during Bacon's Rebellion, though it was quickly rebuilt.

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In 1699, the colonial capital was moved to what is today Williamsburg, Virginia; Jamestown ceased to exist as a settlement, and remains today only as an archaeological site, Jamestown Rediscovery.

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Today, Jamestown is one of three locations composing the Historic Triangle of Colonial Virginia, along with Williamsburg and Yorktown, with two primary heritage sites.

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Jamestown Virginia'storic Jamestowne is the archaeological site on Jamestown Island and is a cooperative effort by Jamestown National Jamestown Virginia'storic Site and Preservation Virginia.

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8.

Jamestown Virginia was joined by Lieutenant Catesby ap Roger Jones, who directed the building of batteries and conducted ordnance and armor tests for the first Confederate ironclad warship, CSS Virginia, which was under construction at the Gosport Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth in late 1861 and early 1862.

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9.

Once in Federal hands, Jamestown Virginia became a meeting place for runaway slaves, who burned the Ambler house, an eighteenth-century plantation house, which along with the old church was one of the few remaining signs of old Jamestown Virginia.

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The National Park Service partnered with Preservation Jamestown Virginia to preserve the area and present it to visitors in an educational manner.

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Jamestown Virginia Settlement is a living-history park and museum located 1.

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12.

In 1857, the Jamestown Virginia society organized a celebration marking the 250th anniversary of Jamestown Virginia's founding.

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13.

The original fort housing the Jamestown Virginia settlers was believed to have been long ago swallowed by the James River.

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14.

The general area in James City County near Jamestown Virginia was considered unsuitable, as it was not very accessible in the day of rail travel before automobiles were common.

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15.

Full-sized replicas of the three ships that brought the colonists, Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery were constructed at a shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia and placed on display at a new dock at Jamestown, where the largest, Susan Constant, could be boarded by visitors.

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16.

Jamestown Virginia became a permanent attraction of the Historic Triangle, and has been visited by families, school groups, tours, and thousands of other people continuously ever since.

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