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    The first Permanent European Colonies in the Continental United States

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    3. PhalafelThighs on

      Russians in Alaska. The cities of Sitka and Kodiak were founded by the Russians.

    5. chairmaker45 on

      Jamestown was abandoned in 1699 when the settlers moved to Williamsburg. Today it’s an archaeological site. The Virginia Peninsula has been settled since Jamestown was first founded, but not Jamestown itself.

    7. ViperPilot1315 on

      Umm, Plymouth (1620)? Either this is the laziest map or one of the worst maps. Possibly both.

      On 2nd thought, it’s both.

    8. CyanManta on

      The British don’t like to be reminded that they never had exclusive control over us, not even from the beginning. Their identity is so wrapped up in the idea that they’re the “good” Anglophones and we’re the “bad” ones…

    11. nightowl1135 on

      People don’t realize how much Spaniards beat the English and French to the punch in getting into what would become the US.

      Facts that sound made up, but aren’t:

      -San Francisco, as a city, was formally founded 5 days before the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia.

      -Spanish explorers discovered the Grand Canyon in 1540… 67 years before colonists landed at Jamestown.

    13. Marswolf01 on

      As a native Virginian I get so tired of hearing about the pilgrims landing in Plymouth when Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement. A lot of people think the pilgrims were the first in the new world

    15. alexfreemanart on

      >New York, Manhattan

      Isn’t the first permanent Dutch settlement in the United States supposed to be Fort Orange in Albany, New York? Is this map wrong?

    16. tyen0 on

      Why is this a map? The physical locations have no relevance. It’s just a factoid about the 3 dates.

    18. dragnabbit on

      Think about that in modern terms. If New Amsterdam was founded last year in 2025, Jamestown would have been founded in 2007, and St. Augustine would have been founded back in 1965. So St. Augustine was the only European colony in the Continental United States from 1965, all through the 1970s, 1980, 1990s, to 2007, and a baby born in St. Augustine the year it was founded would have been 60 years old while attending the founding of New Amsterdam.

    20. DocCEN007 on

      “2nd Jamestown.” Look up what happened to the first Jamestown settlement.

    21. Mikey_Mike3 on

      St Marys, Georgia would like a word about that St Augustine thing… the French have many named areas around the area, and I have heard some debate over whether Ft Caroline is even proven to be in Florida, and it was before St Augustine. I have seen some debate that place Ft Caroline toward Savannah, Georgia.