It started somewhere in PA and they ended up at Salt Lake City, Utah
<span>Prior to the conclusion of the Seven Years War there was little, if any, reason to believe that one day the American colonies would undertake a revolution in an effort to create an independent nation-state. As apart of the empire the colonies were protected from foreign invasion by the British military. In return, the colonists paid relatively few taxes and could engage in domestic economic activity without much interference from the British government. For the most part the colonists were only asked to adhere to regulations concerning foreign trade. In a series of acts passed by Parliament during the seventeenth century the Navigation Acts required that all trade within the empire be conducted on ships which were constructed, owned and largely manned by British citizens. Certain enumerated goods whether exported or imported by the colonies had to be shipped through England regardless of the final port of destination.</span>
The Jamestown[1]<span> settlement in the </span>Colony of Virginia<span> was the first permanent </span>English settlement<span> in the Americas. </span>William Kelso<span> writes that Jamestown "is where the </span>British Empire<span> began".</span>[2]<span> It was established by the </span>Virginia Company of London<span> as "James Fort" on May 4, 1607 (</span>O.S.<span>; May 14, 1607 </span>N.S.),[3]<span> and was considered permanent after brief abandonment in 1610. It followed several failed attempts, including the </span>Lost Colony of Roanoke<span>. Jamestown served as the capital of the colony of Virginia for 83 years, from 1616 until 1699.</span>
Sorry the answer took so long -laughs- but it only created a social hierarchy that stood for decades.
