The FIRST effort by the English to establish a permanent settlement in North America was a short-lived, failed effort in 1587 to establish a new colony
A) on the Chesapeake Bay.
B) at Roanoke.
C) at Jamestown.
D) at Virginia Beach.
Answer: A
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