This lesson on the first permanent settlement of the British in North America uses numerous primary sources (USA: LOC 2018).

Today, the United States of America belong to the most influential nations of the world - politically, economically and culturally. While Native Americans have lived on its territory for millennia, the political predecessors of the U.S. are not much older than 400 years. It may be hard to believe, but it was not before 1607 that the Virginia Company of London established ...