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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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Discovery
Godspeed
Susan Constant
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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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Pocahontas1613Pocahontas converts to Christianity.
1614 Marries John Rolfe, and their son, Thomas, is born the next year.
1616Pocahontas travels to England as the "Indian Princess”
1617She dies, and is buried at Gravesend.
1595Birth of Matoaka, nicknamed Pocahontas (“little plaything"). She is the oldest daughter of the powerful Indian leader, Powhatan.
1607She saves Captain John Smith from execution.
1612Pocahontas captured by the English captain Samuel Argyll.
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The different faces of Pocahontas
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John Smith
• 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 up to 15 feet.
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Household things
• What are they?
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Pliers
• Hint #2 It is a toolHint #1 It is something that was used many years ago and is still in use today.
What is it?
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Action Figure
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Children’s Toys
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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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