france was the european country that built the first permanent settlement in what is now the united states.
france was the european country that built the first permanent settlement in what is now the united states.
which european country built the first permanent settlement in what is now the united states?
france
for the third time, teams from the same group faced again in the final, previously occurring in 1997 (brazil and australia) and 2009 (united states and brazil). the final was a record-equalling fourth consecutive with a south american country, and a record-equalling second consecutive with a european country. this was the eighth time a south american country had made the final, including an all-south american final in 2005 between rivals argentina and brazil. on the other six occasions, the south american team won four times (argentina in 1992, brazil in 1997, 2009, and 2013), and lost twice (argentina in 1995, brazil in 1999). this was the fifth time a european country had made the final, with three wins (denmark in 1995, france in 2001 and 2003), and one loss (spain in 2013). this was the third final between a south american and european country, with both continents having one win each. the south american country, brazil, defeated spain in 2013, and the european country, denmark, defeated argentina in 1995.
2017 fifa confederations cup final
in december 1606, the virginia company of london sent an expedition to north america to establish a settlement in the colony of virginia. after sailing across the atlantic ocean from england, they reached the new world at the southern edge of the mouth of what is now known as the chesapeake bay. they named the two flanking virginia points of land /capes like gateposts at the entrance to the long extensive estuary after the sons of their king, james i, the southern cape henry, for the eldest and presumed heir, henry frederick, prince of wales, and the northern cape charles, for his younger brother, charles, duke of york (the future king charles i). a few weeks later they established their first permanent settlement on the southern, mainland, side of the bay, several miles upstream along the newly named james river at jamestown on the northern shore on a close-in island for protection, the first permanent settlement in english north america.
chesapeake bay bridge–tunnel