Exploring the New 

Welcome back to the Emancipation Podcast Station where history is researched and retold through the eyes of middle and high school students. 

Jaxlenn - Ok, in 1492 - Christopher Columbus makes his first voyage to the Americas. 

1585 - The Roanoke Colony is founded. It will disappear and become known as the "Lost Colony." 

The French, Spanish, Portuguese, and English are all sort of coexisting in the new world, but it's not exactly America, Canada, and Mexico just yet. We pick up about 200 years after Columbus hit the New World.  
We are starting in appx 1607 - The Jamestown Settlement is established.  

Jamestown Settlement

1. Avery- yep ,in 1607 the Virginia company which was a joint stock company that spread the shares and wealth and the risks of an expedition like traveling to the “new world”. They sailed into Chesapeake Bay and spent time looking for a place to stay. 
2. Naomi-yeah so The ones who went to Virginia didn't expect to set up a colony there and live there for the rest of their lives. What they expected was to go for a couple of years and see what they could find. They were not prepared to travel and they didn't come with the right supplies. Jaxxlenn what do you have to say?
3. Jaxlenn- after being not only unprepared for travel, they were not prepared to stay there for very long So instead of trying to plant crops to save for winter they were mining in hope to find gold.
4. Kylie
5. Jolene - Little known fact about the Jamestown settlement is that they were all dudes. There were 104 men and boys sent to explore this world. It would be another 4 years before the women arrived. 
6. Kirah
7. Hunter-And in 1609 through 1610 The “starving time” Winter was a harsh time for the people of Jamestown. When food shortages started affecting people it also fractured leadership. The colony struggled to maintain food supply. They had trade relations with the Virginia indian tribes they were strained with a severe seven year drought of food.