Premise: Bermuda . In 1609 , the English Virginia Company , which had established Jamestown in Virginia two years earlier , permanently settled Bermuda in the aftermath of a hurricane , when the crew and passengers of the Sea Venture steered the ship onto the surrounding reef to prevent its sinking , then landed ashore . Its first capital , St. George 's , was established in 1612 .
Hypothesis: Bermuda was colonized in 1609.
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