WELCOME
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The Trip
• Almost 400 years ago, on December 20,
1606, three merchant ships loaded with
passengers and cargo embarked from
England on a voyage that would later set
the course of American history
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Susan
Constant
Discovery
Godspeed
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The Ships
• The Susan Constant, Godspeed
and Discovery reached Virginia in
the spring of 1607, and on May
14, their 104 passengers all men
and boys began building on the
banks of the James River what
was to be America's first
permanent English colony
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What would it be like to sail on
these ships?
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Jamestown
• The first permanent English colony in
America was founded on May 14, 1607,
on a peninsula of the James River in
what is now the state of Virginia. The
colony was named after King James I of
England. Here the first representative
government in America was begun, and
here the first black people were brought
to the American Colonies
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The Indian Village
• To make a canoe:
a
log was burned out in
the middle and then
hollowed out to make
a place for people to
sit.
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Jamestown Discovery
• Since 1934 archaeologists have explored the
site of Jamestown, uncovering many objects.
Among the discoveries were remnants of a
1-acre fort, and more than 10,000 artifacts, and
the skeletal remains of a European male.
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Jamestown Island, what will you
see?
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Jamestown Island
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1595
Birth of Matoaka,
nicknamed Pocahontas
(“little plaything").
She is the oldest
daughter of the
powerful Indian
leader, Powhatan.
1607
She saves Captain
John Smith from
execution.
1612
Pocahontas captured
by the English captain
Samuel Argyll.
Pocahontas
1613
Pocahontas converts
to Christianity.
1614
Marries John Rolfe,
and their son,
Thomas, is born the
next year.
1616
Pocahontas travels to
England as the
"Indian Princess”
1617
She dies, and is
buried at Gravesend.
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The different faces of Pocahontas
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John Smith
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1582 - 1622
Jamestown colonist
Marries Pocahontas
Started growing
tobacco in Virginia.
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Old Church
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English Soldier
• Wearing armor and
caring a musket
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James Smith’s Map of Virginia
1612
• In his 51 years Smith
was a collector and
writer of exciting
travelers' tales, an
explorer, a mapmaker,
a geographer, a soldier,
a governor, a trader, a
sailor, an admiral, and
the editor of a
seaman's handbook.
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Pottery
• Pottery was used in
every part of life,
from cooking and
gathering food to
children’s toys.
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Weapons
Gun Powder Holder
Arrow Heads
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Belt Buckle
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Coins
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Turtle Shell
• The animal bones from food
supplies found in a pit dating
back before 1610 showed that
the 104 men and boys who
landed at Jamestown
survived primarily on fish
and turtles! Sturgeon was the
most common fish. A
sturgeon may live up to 60
years, weigh up to 800
pounds and reach lengths of
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up to 15 feet.
Household things
• What are they?
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Pliers
What is it?
Hint #1 It is
something that was
used many years
ago and is still in
use today.
• Hint #2 It is a tool
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Children’s Toys
Action Figure
Die
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What are these men doing?
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The Glasshouse
• Inside the reconstructed Glasshouse of
1608, skilled artisans produce
glassware in much the same way as did
17th-century craftsmen.
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Jamestown Island
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