Jamestown
a village in E Virginia: first permanent English settlement in North America 1607; restored 1957.
a city in SW New York.
a city in central North Dakota.
a seaport in and the capital of St. Helena, in the S Atlantic Ocean.
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Following his capture and death in 1646, shot in the back by a soldier at Jamestown, resistance was broken and the once great Powhatan chiefdom collapsed.
How a Powhatan Tribal Chief Became One of Colonial America’s Greatest Military Leaders | James Horn | November 17, 2021 | TimeFor history lovers, upstream from where the James River enters the bay is the site of the first permanent English settlement in the New World — Jamestown.
How Earth’s tumultuous history gave the Mid-Atlantic its beloved destinations | Walter Nicklin | June 4, 2021 | Washington PostSince 1608, when Jamestown colonists executed a spy for Spain, Virginia has put more people to death than anywhere else in what’s now the United States.
With state Senate vote, Virginia moves closer to abolishing death penalty | Laura Vozzella, Gregory S. Schneider | February 3, 2021 | Washington PostAfter all, Spanish conquistadors arrived in the early 1500s, well before the Jamestown settlers in 1607 or the Pilgrims in 1620.
In 1611, cannabis was planted in Jamestown, Virginia, by order of the king.
Three weeks later, they had settled Jamestown, an unused bit of land the Native Americans had deemed undesirable.
Not Just Cannibalism: Seven Ways Colonial Jamestown Was a Living Hell | Nina Strochlic | May 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWithin the first nine months of life in Jamestown, the original 104 ship passengers had dwindled down to 38.
Not Just Cannibalism: Seven Ways Colonial Jamestown Was a Living Hell | Nina Strochlic | May 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe crop of men landing at Jamestown were soldiers by trade, and all were accustomed to leadership roles.
Not Just Cannibalism: Seven Ways Colonial Jamestown Was a Living Hell | Nina Strochlic | May 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTJamestown was for a long time the capital of the state, but has sunk into ruin, and is almost desolate.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellSuppose you wish to find out what words will translate the date of the settlement of Jamestown, Va., 1607.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)She was held as a hostage in Jamestown in an effort to restore peace between the Indians and the English.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyPocahontas had met and had become well acquainted with John Rolfe during her captivity at Jamestown.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyBacon and approximately four hundred planters marched to the State House at Jamestown and demanded his commission.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. Torpey
British Dictionary definitions for Jamestown
/ (ˈdʒeɪmzˌtaʊn) /
a ruined village in E Virginia, on Jamestown Island (a peninsula in the James River): the first permanent settlement by the English in America (1607); capital of Virginia (1607–98); abandoned in 1699
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607 in Virginia. Jamestown was named for King James I of England. It was destroyed later in the seventeenth century in an uprising of Virginians against the governor.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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