English immigrants began arriving in North America in the early 17th century. The first permanent English settlement in North America was Jamestown, Virginia, which was founded in 1607. In the following years, other English settlements were established along the Atlantic coast, including Plymouth, Massachusetts (1620), Boston, Massachusetts (1630), and New Haven, Connecticut (1638). English immigration to North America continued throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, and by the time of the American Revolution, an estimated 250,000 English immigrants had settled in the Thirteen Colonies.