The Virginia Colony was England's first lasting North American settlement, founded at Jamestown in 1607. It served as a commercial venture for the Virginia Company, a source of tobacco wealth, and a model of self-government. Historians, students, and genealogists study it to understand early American life, slavery, and colonial expansion.
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