Why was the first English American colony at Jamestown such a STRUGGLE?
Episode 1 of "Emily Teaches U.S. History"
1607: the first permanent English colony in the Americas. People were Starving, Pocahontas was super young, and when John Smith left they resorted to cannibalism. That's pretty much all you need to know.
Topics include: Age of Exploration, Roanoke Colony, Jamestown Colony, John Smith, John Rolfe, Pocahontas, Powhatan Confederacy, Transatlantic Slave Trade, 1619
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