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The 22 pages that link to Jamestown, each with the reason it gives.

• Thirteen ColoniesBroader topic: Its survival established a durable English foothold south of New England.

• Chesapeake BayRelated: Its location on a tributary connected the early colony to the Chesapeake estuary.

• English colonization of the AmericasBroader topic: Its survival established a durable English foothold on the mainland.

• British colonization of the AmericasBroader topic: Its survival established a durable model of English settlement and tobacco production.

• Virginia CompanyBroader topic: The London company’s first permanent settlement anchored its colonial project.

• Colony of VirginiaBroader topic: The settlement established the colony and served as its capital for much of the seventeenth century.

• Roanoke ColonyCompared with: Jamestown succeeded where Roanoke failed to maintain a lasting English settlement.

• James I of EnglandBroader topic: The Virginia Company’s settlement began during James’s reign and bore his name.

• Eastern United StatesBroader topic: It marks an early English foothold on the region’s Atlantic coast.

• John SmithBroader topic: Smith became a leading council member as the settlement struggled to survive.

• PocahontasRelated: Pocahontas’s encounters with English colonists centered on this settlement.

• English colonization of North AmericaBroader topic: Its survival established a durable foothold for English expansion.

• VirginiaBroader topic: Its founding began Virginia’s English colonial history.

• Bacon's RebellionBroader topic: Bacon’s forces captured and burned the colonial capital in September 1676.

• Mayflower CompactCompared with: Jamestown’s governance developed under a royal charter, unlike the Mayflower settlers’ immediate agreement among themselves.

• Jacobean eraBroader topic: Its founding marks the era’s expanding overseas settlement.

• English overseas possessionsBroader topic: Its survival established a lasting English foothold on the North American mainland.

• Bartholomew GosnoldRelated: Gosnold helped organize and establish the colony, where he died in 1607.

• Colonial history of the United StatesBroader topic: Jamestown established a durable English foothold and a model of colonial expansion.

• History of VirginiaBroader topic: Jamestown began Virginia’s enduring English colonial presence.

• Lucas Vázquez de AyllónCompared with: Its survival contrasts with the brief failure of Ayllón’s much earlier settlement attempt.

• Roanoke IslandCompared with: Its survival followed Roanoke’s failure and reflected later colonial planning.