Jamestown

weeder · Post by **weeder** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:06 am

In 1606 King James granted a charter to a group of London entrepeneurs to establish the first English settlement in North America. On May 14th, 1607 this group landed on the James River.

They were the The Virginia English Colony. Im certain many of you know the story. How these people struggled to survive. They were quite unprepared. They endured cold, hunger, disease and brutal attacks by indians. Jamestown is located about 2 hours south of me. Ive been there... standing on the shore where this brave group landed. It gave me goose bumps. What greater bond could there be between the US and England? I am trying to study some of the history I foolisly found so boring in high school. Its thrilling and very emmotional. Next a report on the Lost Colony. Located on the Outer Banks of North Carolina... this colony disappeared over night. Every summer a theatre group reinacts this mystery under the moon and stars. Tickets are sold out for every performance. England.. you are always on our minds.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:11 am

weeder wrote: In 1606 King James granted a charter to a group of London entrepeneurs to establish the first English settlement in North America. On May 14th, 1607 this group landed on the James River.

They were the The Virginia English Colony. Im certain many of you know the story. How these people struggled to survive. They were quite unprepared. They endured cold, hunger, disease and brutal attacks by indians. Jamestown is located about 2 hours south of me. Ive been there... standing on the shore where this brave group landed. It gave me goose bumps. What greater bond could there be between the US and England? I am trying to study some of the history I foolisly found so boring in high school. Its thrilling and very emmotional. Next a report on the Lost Colony. Located on the Outer Banks of North Carolina... this colony disappeared over night. Every summer a theatre group reinacts this mystery under the moon and stars. Tickets are sold out for every performance. England.. you are always on our minds.

Hmmm....thats one side of the story

We were fairly brutal in our methods of expansion I think.

DesignerGal · Post by **DesignerGal** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:45 am

I saw the live play they put on every year in the OUter Banks last Summer. It was really cool! I have to agree though, that the white man was much worse to the indians than the indians, excuse me, Native Americans were to the white man.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:28 am

Please remember the original inhabitants of this fine land. They still live among us today. And brutal attacks by Native Americans against white setllers were only reactions to the illegal stealing of their lands.

http://ab.mec.edu/jamestown/powhatan.html

weeder · Post by **weeder** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:36 am

My focus of the subject is our original connection to England. I think I brought it up because of the megative thread that was started a couple of days ago. The history regarding indians vs the white man.( who was worse to who is not the subject I had in mind.)

theia · Post by **theia** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 12:05 pm

Thank you for that, Weeder...I like reading about our original connections with America even though I'm not really au fait with the history. I have a deep affection for you all since joining FG and since I've got to know some of you personally. How much more fulfilling it is to talk to people individually than to listen to all the rubbish the politicians go on about.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:35 pm

weeder wrote: My focus of the subject is our original connection to England. I think I brought it up because of the megative thread that was started a couple of days ago. The history regarding indians vs the white man.( who was worse to who is not the subject I had in mind.)
No, I wasn't thinking of who was worse to whom, just the legality of the land issue.

I'll comment on that when a thread on that topic comes up.

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:01 pm

As I understood it, the settlers were taught a lot about the land and how to suvive on it by the indians.

weeder · Post by **weeder** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:35 pm

I think they were taught a lot, after they made friends.

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:43 pm

weeder wrote: I think they were taught a lot, after they made friends.

I know that the settlers barely survived the first year. Talk about faith in God. Now look at y'all.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:12 pm

weeder wrote: My focus of the subject is our original connection to England. I think I brought it up because of the megative thread that was started a couple of days ago. The history regarding indians vs the white man.( who was worse to who is not the subject I had in mind.)

When I saw your statement regarding the attacks settllers suffered by Indians the ding ding bell went off. The Native American issue is one I dont take lightly and cant pass those statements off.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:18 pm

Link to Native Americans of Virginia:

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/vaindians.htm

weeder · Post by **weeder** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:26 pm

Its incredible how researching one topic leads to discovering another. I am exhausted now, but tomorrow I am going to read about the indians right here in Virginia. I am amazed, and interested in knowing more about this.

Much of the information on Jamestown says that the settlers were attacked by indians. I dont know, of course if its true, and I dont know why. But I will attempt to get a better understanding of all of this.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:28 pm

Best book of that topic is Eastern Shore Indians of Virginia and Maryland by Helen Roundtree. I got that book when I moved to Maryland, and it is very interesting. But the link has lots of sources, from native and colonial accounts.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:36 pm

not Virginia, but as for settlers and natives helping each other the history of plymouth colony in Mass. is great. my kids grew up in the shadow of plymouth rock and my courthouse overlooked the graves of many notables of plymouth colony. ....................PlYMOUTH MA - ITS HISTORY AND PEOPLE....and ...The Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony:1620......there is a living 'museum' there, a village called plimoth plantation (that is correct spelling) where the people live exactly as the pilgrims. very popular at thanksgiving.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:47 pm

a perhaps little-known fact, the pilgrims were so hopeless and useless at feeding themselves it was pathetic. and lobsters were so plentiful they would gather them on the beach and feed them to their :yh_pig :yh_pig :yh_pig !