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  Saint Augustine is the oldest permanent settlement established in the United States by Europeans.
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  In may 1587 Raleigh sent another group of colonists to america, to stay on the shores of chesapeake bay.
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  Three ships arrived at chesapeake bay, off what is now virginia.
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  The colonists who settled in Plymouth arrived from England on a ship called the mayflower.
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  The Dutch set up trading posts at what are now Albany, New York.
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  Delaware New Sweden was the only Swedish colony in America.
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  Penn went to Ireland in 1667 to manage his father's estates.
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  Williamsburg was the capital of the Virginia Colony from 1699 to 1776.