alleryStart learning →Which settlement was the first permanent one founded in the American colonies?
APlymouth Colony
BNew Amsterdam town
CJamestown, Virginia
DBoston Settlement
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Jamestown, Virginia
1. The first permanent settlement in the colonies was founded at Jamestown, Virginia.
2. The 1763 split came more than a century and a half after that founding.
3. Plymouth and Boston came later, and New Amsterdam was a Dutch settlement.
_Source: "An Outline of American History" (USIA, 1990, public domain), Ch 2 "The War of Independence"_
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