Final answer:
The first permanent British settlement in the New World was built at Jamestown in 1607, established by the Virginia Company and surviving against the odds.
Step-by-step explanation:
The first permanent British settlement in the New World was built at Jamestown. In 1607, the Virginia Company, chartered by King James I in 1606, sent an expedition to establish a settlement in the Chesapeake Bay region. They named the settlement Jamestown in honor of their king. Despite facing tremendous hardships, the colony managed to survive and maintains its place in history as the first permanent English colony in what would later become the United States. Though the English had previously attempted to settle at Roanoke, the colony was not permanent and its fate remains a mystery.