Historical Context

As the population grew and the colonists of Jamestown spread out, a threat would strike the colonists off guard and change the complexion of the colony for generations to come.  More on Sir Francis Wyatt: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Wyatt Read the Orders and Constitutions: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1049 Read the Unknown Colonist’s Description of the Massacre: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1022   Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

1619 marks the beginning of slavery in America.  In this episode, we examine slavery's start and the practice of indentured servitude in Jamestown.   Read Kidnapping Maidens to be Sold in Virginia, 1618: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242153.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A3a5b99f09124f9a60c31f7d5b103e894 Read “Poor Children to be Sent to Virginia, 1619”: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242154.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A3a5b99f09124f9a60c31f7d5b103e894 Read A Note of the Shipping of Men to Virginia, 1619: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242154.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A3a5b99f09124f9a60c31f7d5b103e894 Read: John Pory’s Letter: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1033 Read the Virginia Census of 1624-1625: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4242281.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3Aa6c443ef1651c00c6fa292e2f64a77b8 Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

As the Jamestown migration boom begins, a legislature is formed, but it comes from an unlikely source.  More on George Yeardley: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Yeardley Read the Proceedings of the Virginia Assembly: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1036 Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this episode, we continue the discussion on Jamestown and focus on the true story behind the life and untimely death of Pocahontas.  Read William Cashawe’s Letter: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1052 Read John Rolfe’s Letter: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1047 More on Pocahontas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas More on John Rolfe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rolfe More on George Yeardley: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Yeardley More on Opchanacanough: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opchanacanough Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this episode, we cover what led the colonists back to Jamestown and the new laws that came with the arrival of a new governor.  http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/laws/J1056De La War image courtesy of: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/images/West,Thomas(3BDeLaWarr)03.jpgRead the Third Charter of Virginia: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/va03.aspMore on Sir Thomas Dale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_DaleFife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Those who survived 'The Starving Time' had no time to celebrate as new visitors and challenges threatened the new colony of Jamestown.  More on George Percy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_PercyGeorge Percy photo courtesy of: Herbert Luther Smith More on Thomas West: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_West,_3rd_Baron_De_La_WarrThomas West photo courtesy of: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/images/West,Thomas(3BDeLaWarr)03.jpgMore on Sir Thomas Gates: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gates_(governor) Thomas Gates photo courtesy of: C. Jansen, public domain More on John Ratcliffe: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ratcliffe_(governor) Read Spelman’s Account: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1040Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

With new leadership, the colonists hoped for change.  In the second episode of the Jamestown colony, the colonists get ready for winter after a famine hits the colony.  Unfortunately, just as it seems their luck changes, tragedy strikes.  

More on John Ratcliffe: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ratcliffe_(governor) More on Matthew Scrivener: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Scrivener More on George Percy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Percy Read Smith’s Account of Virginia: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha-js/SmiWorks2 Read the Second Charter of Virginia: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/va02.asp   Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Jamestown colony gets its start.  In this episode, we discuss the circumstances surrounding the decision to colonize America and the challenges faced by those colonists.  

Read more about Bartholomew Gosnold: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartholomew_Gosnold Read Gosnold’s account of New England: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1005 Read more on Captain John Smith: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smith_(explorer) Read more on King James I: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_VI_and_I Read more about the Virginia (London Company: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Company Read the First Charter of Virginia: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/va01.asp James I image courtesy of: John de Critz - Prado image, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37047 George Percy image courtesy of: Herbert Luther Smith Read George Percy’s writings: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1002 Read Edward Wingfield’s writing: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1023  Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

While people think of Jamestown as the first successful colony, little do many know that New Mexico was founded earlier.  In this episode, we explore New Mexico's accidental and controversial founding.   

Read the inspector’s report of Onate’s forces: https://www.americanjourneys.org/pdf/AJ-101.pdf 

Read the report on the Trial of the Acoma Pueblo: https://www.americanjourneys.org/pdf/AJ-104.pdf 

Read the 1601 Investigation into the New Mexico Colony: https://www.americanjourneys.org/pdf/AJ-105.pdf 

Onate Image Courtesy of: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/juan-de-onate/ 

Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

While many people are familiar with the Lost Colony of Roanoke, little did anyone know that there were actually three distinct groups of colonists on the island at three separate times, each creating their own mystery.  While some mysteries were explained, some remain unsolved.  

Sir Richard Grenville image By anonymous 

Missing Colony image by https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14781233224/ 

Read Lane’s account: https://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/lane/lane.html 

Read Lane’s Account of the 3rd Voyage: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1017 

Read White’s account of his 1st voyage (noted as the 4th voyage) to Roanoke: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1018 

Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/