Between 1607and 1737 settlers from England established thirteen colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America.
“The first colony is established in Virginia .In 1607 a joint stock company of London merchants financed a settlement of English colonist at James town in what is now Virginia. The colony was named after King James 1.England first permanent settlement in North America. The Virginia colonist hoped to make their fortunes by discovering gold or silver or finding a water route to the Pacific. They are not prepared for the hardship they found nor did they expect to do farm work. More than half of the original 104 colonist died of the starvation and disease during the first winter. Only the discipline