Jamestown: First English Settlement In America Pt. 2 of 2
Costumed re-creation of life in first English settlement 1607-1619. Group of colonists in rowing boat come ashore to start new settlements upriver.
20:13:04 Native Americans, Indians (”savages”) bring new plants to apothecary - traded for knife. Large colony & Rolfe speaks to man in stocks: “My trouble is a tongue that speaks the truth”. He discusses need for commodity to sell to make profit for Virginia Company & shareholders. Rolfe plants new type of Indian tobacco w/ help of Indian maiden.
20:15:02 Arrival of Pocahontas, to be used as hostage for bargaining w/ Indians. Pocahontas helps Rolfe cultivate tobacco crop. First barrels of Virginia tobacco taken to ships bound for England. Marriage of Rolfe & Pocahontas.
20:17:33 Tobacco loaded onto sailing ships from smaller boats. Rolfe leaves for visit to London w/ Pocahontas, now Rebecca; meeting w/ Queen Anne in formal gardens. New immigrants arrive in Virginia - building new settlements.
20:19:14 First elections in Jamestown by male voter - John Lydon marking ballot - “It’s time enough for England to recognise our rights”. First General Assembly. Zoom out as Rolfe leaves meeting house. The End.
American History; Colonialism; Colonies; Colony; Racism; Empire; Leadership; Costume Drama; Educational Film;
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Jamestown: First English Settlement In America Pt. 2 of 2 Costumed re-creation of life in first English settlement 1607-1619. Group of colonists in rowing boat come ashore to start new settlements upriver. 20:13:04 Native Americans, Indians (”savages”) bring new plants to apothecary - traded for knife. Large colony & Rolfe speaks to man in stocks: “My trouble is a tongue that speaks the truth”. He discusses need for commodity to sell to make profit for Virginia Company & shareholders. Rolfe plants new type of Indian tobacco w/ help of Indian maiden. 20:15:02 Arrival of Pocahontas, to be used as hostage for bargaining w/ Indians. Pocahontas helps Rolfe cultivate tobacco crop. First barrels of Virginia tobacco taken to ships bound for England. Marriage of Rolfe & Pocahontas. 20:17:33 Tobacco loaded onto sailing ships from smaller boats. Rolfe leaves for visit to London w/ Pocahontas, now Rebecca; meeting w/ Queen Anne in formal gardens. New immigrants arrive in Virginia - building new settlements. 20:19:14 First elections in Jamestown by male voter - John Lydon marking ballot - “It’s time enough for England to recognise our rights”. First General Assembly. Zoom out as Rolfe leaves meeting house. The End. American History; Colonialism; Colonies; Colony; Racism; Empire; Leadership; Costume Drama; Educational Film;