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The first English colony was established on Roanoke Island, in what is now North Carolina, in 1585. A second colony, the famous Lost Colony, was established two years later, but disappeared. A third colony, established in 1607 at Jamestown in Virginia, was more successful.
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What established in 1607 this colony became the first permanent English colony in American?
Jamestown was established/founded in 1607 and became the first permanent English colony in America.
What was the name of the first successful colony in America?
The first successful british colonly was Jamestown, VA!
First permanent colony in America?
Jamestown or Virginia.
Which English colony was founded first?
1620 Plymouth Massachusetts.
What was the first English colony to require each community to create a public school?
Massachusetts bay colony
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