<P> The Colony of Virginia , chartered in 1606 and settled in 1607 , was the first enduring English colony in North America , following failed proprietary attempts at settlement on Newfoundland by Sir Humphrey Gilbert in 1583 , and the subsequent further south Roanoke Island ( modern eastern North Carolina ) by Sir Walter Raleigh in the late 1580s . </P>
<P> The Colony of Virginia , chartered in 1606 and settled in 1607 , was the first enduring English colony in North America , following failed proprietary attempts at settlement on Newfoundland by Sir Humphrey Gilbert in 1583 , and the subsequent further south Roanoke Island ( modern eastern North Carolina ) by Sir Walter Raleigh in the late 1580s . </P>
which european countries originally had settlements in virginia
which european countries originally had settlements in virginia
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