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Jamestown, Virginia

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Location

The Resume

    (May 14, 1607-circa 1699)
    Situated within the native Powtatan Confederacy
    Founded by the Virginia Company of London
    Named after James I
    Part of the Colony of Virginia and its capital from 1616-1698
    With Williamsburg and Yorktown part of the historic Triangle of Colonial Virginia

Why he might be annoying:

    It is often wrongly described as the future America's first permanent settlement (which is actually St. Augustine).
    Most of the original settlers died, in part because they were gentlemen unaccustomed to menial labor.
    It was swampy and infested with mosquitoes.
    Its inhabitants wiped out the native tribe that had originally welcomed and helped them.
    It imported the English colonies’ first African slaves.
    It was abandoned after the statehouse burned down in 1698.
    The excavated remains of a young girl suggests the early settlers resorted to cannibalism. (May 1, 2013)

Why he might not be annoying:

    Its fortunes turned around when the settlers began to plant tobacco.
    It was home to the Americas’ first representative government.
    Pocahontas’ brother planned to massacre its inhabitants, but they were warned in time by another native.
    It burned down in 1676 but was later rebuilt.
    Its site was a haven for runaway slaves during the Civil War.
    Assumed lost forever, much of the original settlement was discovered in 1994.

Credit: Georgina


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 26 Votes: 26.92% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 30.77% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 113 Votes: 52.21% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying