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Three Towns That Made America
The Colonial Parkway connects Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown in one scenic route with no traffic lights or billboards. English colonists built their first permanent settlement at one end in 1607.
At the other end, Washington’s army forced the British to surrender in 1781. In between sits the colonial capital where Founding Fathers debated independence.
You can drive the whole thing in under an hour, but most visitors spend three to four days exploring—and still don’t see everything.
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English Colonists Landed at Jamestown in 1607
In May 1607, 104 English men and boys sailed up the James River and built a triangular fort on a marshy peninsula. They called it James Fort, after King James I…