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Bookmark or Share- First Families of Virginia - WikipediaView of the main façade of Stratford Hall in Westmoreland County, the ancestral home of the Lee family of Virginia.Along with the Byrds, Carters, Washingtons, Harrisons and others, these families were at the core of Virginia's plantocracy for centuries.. The First Families of Virginia, or FFV, are a group of early settler families who became a socially and politically dominant group in the ...
- Jamestown Colony ‑ Facts, Founding, Pocahontas - HISTORYThe Jamestown Colony was the first permanent English settlement in North America. It was founded on the banks of Virginia's James River in 1607.
- Overview | Colonial Settlement, 1600s - 1763 - Library of CongressIn the early 1600s, in rapid succession, the English began a colony (Jamestown) in Chesapeake Bay in 1607, the French built Quebec in 1608, and the Dutch began their interest in the region that became present-day New York.
- Colonial history of the United States - WikipediaThe first major influx of settlers were the Scotch Irish, who headed to the frontier. Many Germans came to escape the religious conflicts and declining economic opportunities in Germany and Switzerland. Thousands of poor German farmers, chiefly from the Palatine region in Germany, migrated to upstate districts after 1700.
- Early Settlers - American HistoryWho the Early Settlers? In the 15th century, European explorers reached the Americas. Until that time, no one in Europe knew whether the Americas existed or not.
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