English in Early Colonization

English in Early Colonization

The early seventeenth century witnessed a large migration flow from Europe to North America. The first immigrants from what is now the United States crossed the Atlantic long after the Spanish had established their first colonies in the rest of the Americas and, indeed, England was the last European power to reach America. Despite early failures of late sixteenth century, the British did not give up the effort, and in 1607 they founded the colony of Jamestown in the Chesapeake Bay, which would be the first permanent English settlement. The seventeenth century brought better luck ...