what year was jamestown virginia founded
This 1639 church tower was one of the few remnants of the Jamestown Settlement visible in the 1890s, when the picture was taken. May 14, 1607. The Virginia Company of England made a daring proposition: sail to the new, mysterious land, which they called Virginia in honor of Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen, and begin a settlement. They established Jamestown, Virginia, on May 14, 1607, the first permanent British settlement in North America.