Fort Caroline is the oldest fort in the United States. It is located in Jacksonville, Florida, on the bank of the St. Johns River.
The general consensus is that the first permanent English settlement in America was Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607. However, the oldest permanent English settlement in North America is St. John's, NL, Canada, established in 1583 according to records on and from Sir Humphrey Gilbert, making this fact as credible as (or even more so), claims from other, more Ameri-centric, "historians".
Spain, in 1500s. St. Augustine was the first permanent European settlement in North America. Spain lost the colony to Britain in 1763 but regained it after the American Revolution.
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False it was written by St Augustine, bishop of Hippo, on the occasion of the fall of Rome (410).
St. Augustine, Florida; a Spanish settlement.
The Spanish began settlement of St. Augustine
St. Augustine came first. St. Augustine was founded in 1565, while Jamestown was not founded until 1607. Jamestown is correctly called the first ENGLISH colony in what is the present day continental U.S. However, St. Augustine, a SPANISH colony, is the oldest European settlement of any sort in the U.S.
The first permanent settlement by Europeans on North American was St. Augustine, FL in 1565. The first English settlement was Jamestown, VA in 1607.
Jamestown. Simple answer.
St. Augustine Florida, founded by the spanish, it is the oldest city founded by Europeans in the "New World."
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St. Augustine
St. Augustine built the first permanent, or long-lasting, European settlement in what is now the United States.
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St. Augustine, FL
St. Augustine, Florida, a Spanish settlement.