st. augustine was the first permanent european settlement in what is now the united states.
st. augustine was the first permanent european settlement in what is now the united states.
what was the first permanent european settlement in what is now the united states?
st. augustine
port-royal was founded by pierre dugua, sieur de mons and samuel de champlain in 1605. the settlement was the first permanent european settlement north of st. augustine, florida. (two years later, the english made their first permanent settlement in jamestown, virginia.) approximately seventy-five years after port-royal was founded, acadians spread out from the capital to found the other major acadian settlements established before the expulsion of the acadians: grand-pré, chignecto, cobequid and pisiguit.
port-royal national historic site
born into a family of mariners, champlain began exploring north america in 1603, under the guidance of his uncle, françois gravé du pont. from 1604 to 1607, he participated in the exploration and settlement of the first permanent european settlement north of florida, port royal, acadia (1605), as well as the first european settlement that would become saint john, new brunswick (1604). in 1608, he established the french settlement that is now quebec city, canada. champlain was the first european to describe the great lakes, and published maps of his journeys and accounts of what he learned from the natives and the french living among the natives. he formed relationships with local montagnais and innu, and, later, with others farther west — tribes of the (ottawa river, lake nipissing, and georgian bay), and with algonquin and wendat; he also agreed to provide assistance in the beaver wars against the iroquois.
samuel de champlain