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根据下面资料，回答题 The First Settlement in North America
It is very difficult to say just when colonization (殖民)began. The first hundred years afterChristopher Columbus' s journey of discovery in 1492 did not produce any settlement on the NorthAmerica continent but rather some Spanish trading posts in South America, a great interest in goldand adventure, and some colorful crimes in which the English had their part. John Cabot, originallyfrom Genoa but a citizen of Venice, was established as a trader in Bristol,England, when he made ajourney in 1497. But his ship, the Matthew, with its crew of eighteen, did no more than see an island (probably off the New England coast) and return home. He and his son made further voyages acrossthe north Atlantic which enabled the English crown to claim a "legal" title to North America. But fora long time afterwards the Europeans' interest in America was mainly confined to the Spanish activities further south.
The first beginning of permanent settlement in North America was nearly a hundred years afterColumbus' s first voyage. The Englishman Sir Walter Raleigh claimed the whole of North America forEngland, calling it Virginia. In 1585 he sent a small group of people who landed in Roanoke Island,but they stayed only for a year and then went back to England with another expedition, led by Drake, in 1587. A second group who landed in 1587 had all disappeared when a further expedition arrivedin 1590.
The first permanent settlement in North America was in 1607. English capitalists founded twoVirginia companies, a southern one based in London and a northern one based in Bristol. It was decided to give the name New England to the northern area. The first settlers in Virginia were littlemore than wage slaves to the company. All were men and the experiment was not very successful.Many died. Those who survived lived in miserable conditions. By 1619 the colony had only a thousand people.
We know for sure that colonization began at the end of the 15th century. A．True
A．True
B．False
B．False
C．Not Given
C．Not Given
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