Jamestown: Why Did America’s Birthplace Almost Fail?
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You should do one on the "city of five flags" aka Pensacola, Florida. A city that's been under five different governments control and the former capital of Florida.
Jamestown seems like ancient history to most of us Yanks, until you go to Europe, then Jamestown seems like a recent bad camping trip.
@Steve the Pirate Wait, what? To who, and why?
Recent? Not even, we had more and even worse camping trips
@Frank Kolton come to India...You will feel Jamestown incidents occurred in recent days..
Steve the Pirate wtf....
As a european I can confirm this. I do however envy your history class. In Sweden we begin with the vikings in 500 CE and it's basically a shitfest of old kings and battles from then to 1750.
US teacher be like: Four score and seven years ago.
"don't offend that naturals." a very underrated rule.
love the ouran pfp ^_^
Step 1: Don't annoy the native people
Failed Step 1
"Naturals" sounds oddly nice
@@koolnomi95every colonial country fails step 1. Kinda hard not to
As someone who lives in Virginia and has visited Jamestown numerous times, it is crazy to think anyone survived there hundreds of years ago due to how little there is in the area. To think anything became of it, is a miracle story at the very least
They brought too many chiefs and not enough Indians.
No farmers, no carpenters, just a bunch of bosses.
Unfortunate choice of metaphor 😂
The French led off with traders, then fit men and women with skills and some leaders and soldiers then African Slaves. Spanish followed similar approaches. Smiths were often paid well to move in with generous granting of benefits in both cases. You needed smiths of all kinds.
and to make matters worse they took just about the worst slice of land they could find for their home, so they had the combination of not many colonists who knew how to survive, not much to work with as far as the surrounding area, exposure to new diseases, exposure to a very different kind of climate that most were used to, very infrequent resupply, and being completely surrounded by 15,000 indians who were very frequently enemies. Talk about "set up to fail".
@@Alpine_Joe It was intentional. I am part native so I have a free use card.
A strategy that has carried over into cooperate America lol
Pleass do:
* Salem, Massachusetts
* Volgograd aka Stalingrad
* Iwo Jima
Everyone knows about why those places are important. Salem had the witch trials of 1692 (which were caused by mass hysteria, a side effect of a kind of mold that had gotten into everyone's bread), and the latter two were where major battles in WWII happened.
@@SongokuJidai It isn't even a footnote. It's just a story of some stubborn old coot being senselessly murdered in a cruel and unusual way by a hysterical mob, one of dozens that happened in Salem and one of innumerable that died in any religiously-fueled panic throughout history. The only reason why Salem is well-known is because it happened on American soil, and Americans masturbate to the deluded notion that the only important events in history were ones that directly involved them.
John Smith: [coming back to Jamestown] Hey, has anyone seen William?
Settler: [burping] We had him for dinner last week. Since then, no.
I live *NEXTDOOR* to Jamestown settlement! I love seeing people across the world talk about my hometown! ❤️
I am not embarrassed saying my favorite movie was Pocahontes. However, I was younger than most people, (I think?), to hear a closer to the truth version. Thanks for doing the whole settlement and clearing up some details. I love all your channels!
I visited the site in the 1980s. We boarded a replica ship, and inspected the stockaded village. It was well-done.
The replica ship and replica stockaded village is in an independently operated facility a little west of the actual site. If you visited the site with the brick church tower you visited the original settlement site. That tower was built after the original thatch roofed church. The brick church that's now attached to the tower was an even more recent replica.
1:50 - Chapter 1 - Visiting Jamestown
5:20 - Chapter 2 - The birth of the birthplace of americ
12:55 - Mid roll ads
14:15 - Chapter 3 - The starving times
19:45 - Chapter 4 - Why did it almost fail ?
I didn't visit Jamestown, but I did Williamsburg which is only a short hop and a skip away. Literally, the three towns of Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown are all right next to each other. Probably a ballache to hike from one to the next back then, but they're *maybe* a quarter to half an hour apart by car. And the preserved/recreated settlement of Williamsburg is across a lawn from William and Mary's college.
It was not the "manifest destiny" of the USA to expand across the continent. It was a combination of ruthlessness, desperation, determination and luck which allowed the USA to expand from sea to sea. Manifest destiny was a combination fantasy and lie cooked up to justify the ruthlessness, cruelty and thievery that were required for the people of the USA to claim land that they had not right to other than the right of conquest.
Well it would be very strange for a nation significantly stronger than its neighbourhoods NOT to conquer them, it wasnt "destiny" but virtually inevitable in context of the times.
@@WordleTurdle We also have no reason to believe things would have unfolded any more nobly had positions been reversed.
Historians will be shocked to learn - Jamestown didn't fail! Hard to know what would count as failure, since half people that set foot in the place quickly died, and most of the rest left. I guess the height of it's success must have been burning down, since it was plowed over shortly after.
DUUUUDE!! Watched Ryugyong Hotel and just finished THIS video. Loved this Video, as horrible as it is to hear about Torture, rape, cannibalism, murder and starvation, the inclusion of such facts in these stories really drives home how horrific conditions can be for people who are unprepared for the realization of how life IS as opposed to what we want it to be. I think my gf will find these interesting, please keep them up.
Subscribed!! Have watched yo on various videos in the past 6 months or so, but these 2 vids I watched sealed you a subscriber!!
If you’re interested in this topic, you should definitely get ahold of A Discourse of Virginia, by Edward Maria Wingfield, who was the first leader of the colony and one of the original investors in The Virginia Company of London. The colony would likely have failed, were it not for the leadership of Edward.
My high school was only miles from Jamestown. I feel lucky to live in such a rich historical area. I now live in Yorktown. There’s an awesome book called James City keystone of the commonwealth that talks about the history of the area.
How about doing Geographics videos on Greenland, Bermuda, and Jerusalem?
He says Poccahontus was ripe and forced to accept Christianity but there is no evidence of that.
I live about 45 minutes from Jamestown, been there many times, my school used to take field trips there when I was a kid. Fascinating history indeed. It was super cool to see the archaeological digs in progress. One thing that stuck out to me though, even in like 4th grade, some of the reenactors playing the native Americans were blonde-haired and blue-eyed, and I thought "wait... these aren't Indians" haha but it didn't take away from the experience. It's still to this day a very active archaeological site and a fantastic experience to visit the fort, etc. 10/10 would recommend
Kinda disappointed you didn’t mention anything about jimsonweed, aka Datura, a toxic, hallucinogenic plant that some people in James town (hence jimsonweed) ate out of desperation before going stark raving buggo due to the hallucinogens in the plant.
I took college history in the South. We studied both Jamestown and Plymouth. Our final exam made us pick one colony that we would choose and explain why. Choosing Jamestown was irrational. The chance of survival was bleak. Plymouth wasn't a walk in the park, but it did thrive.
I live 35 mins away and went to both jamestown and Yorktown in elementary school. We also went to colonial Williamsburg.
One of my ancestors was a Jamestown settler, the 2nd wave of settlers that came.
I’d like to see one on parris island, sc. we have monuments to French and Spanish settlement and it was a plantation for a while. it is now the basic training location for the USMC.
Should've mentioned how young English colonists were at Jamestowne and were throughout the 17th century North American colonies (the West Indies too, where the rate of attrition amongst them was even more inhuman than in the Chesapeake) , especially the indentured servants, barely any were 30 or older, and not many lived to be thirty years old either. One of the first to die at Jamestowne was a 14 or 15 year old lad, killed by Powhatan warriors, who probably did him a favor because he had a rotting abscess in his jaw that would've killed him painfully anyway.
Simon begins to talk about the starving time.
RUclips inserted ad involving the making of survival food.🤔
I love how documentaries like these always talk about the bad things settlers did, which often were In response to natives, but always seem to gloss over what the natives did.
They were hard and very different times. Some respect should be given to how fantastically hard life was then compared to now, and how hard people worked and fought to survive.
Oh shit! this is the first I’m learning of the cannibalism. Wow, thank you for educating this appreciative fool.
Indentured servitude is by definition a form of slavery
In one sense, but they were pretty different legally. It was like slavery in that during the relationship someone else owned the product of the indentured person's labor and the right to direct that labor. It was unlike slavery in that it was a contractual relationship, voluntarily entered into, with a defined end date, and the indentured person still had legal personhood and was protected both by general laws and laws intended to prevent abuse of the indentured. For example, while a slave was property that a master (owner) could kill if they so wished, an indentured servant was still a person whose intentional killing, including by their master, would be just as criminal as if they weren't indentured.
you should do a video on fort mackinaw and mackinac island
Thank you , love your videos, I always learn so much. This one was an eye opener. Canibalism, first I had heard of that in connection with Jamestown
julia mahler --- Yes, but the cannibalism really did occur. Just ghastly. Anybody out there think as I do? "Death to Dishonor !" And I can't think of anything more dishonorable than eating a fellow human being. If you're afraid to die, your religion has failed you miserably.
@@marilynguinnane4663 .I totally agree. to eat a fellow human, these people were even friends of each other. You never know what we are capable of until you have been there and I hope we are never faced with starvation.
@@juliamahler415 --- But it's funny, Julia, funny in an odd sort of way, but I've read that when American Indians were faced with starvation, they didn't resort to cannibalism. They faced death with courage and dignity. Yet the whites called THEM savages. How ironic.
Never been there but I’d probably burn it down if I did 😬
Why?
I'm like 3 years late but how about the St. Augustine settlement we have in Florida?? That's a place we went to a lot as kids (if you grew up in Florida).
Wow .. nice
I red a book called ‘the American princess’ here the beginning of Jamestown was described too.
Gee, building on a swamp with limited access to fresh water with folks who are less interested in permanent settlement than in treasure hunting is not the best recipe for success. Who knew?
Jamestown is East (really S/E) of Richmond not West of Richmond (see 1:59-2:03)
Do you have or are you going to do a video over Roanoke?
Good stuff as always
Jamestown and Williamsburg are wonderful places to visit. I live in the area.
I am descended from one of the survivors of the Jamestown Massacre
Ummm...@21:28 Simon could you explain why you think Jamestown mosquitoes were giving colonists a tropical disease like malaria?
As it’s the 75 anniversary of the liberation a video on auschwitz would be interesting 😊
Didn't know sir Walter founded Roanoke. Nice
This is what happens when you follow orders from corporate headquarters given by people who don't know burro from barrow (their ass from a hole in the ground). They sent the wrong people to the wrong place with the wrong stuff. I used to think nothing much of Jamestown until I recently discovered one of my own ancestors was part of that almost failed colony. They arrived there as indentured servants just in time for the major attack by the long angered locals and yet another famine. I figure that England must've been pretty horrible at the time for folks to do such a thing.
was forced to marry john rolfe , they changed her name to rebecca . she already had a child and husband ..she was taken prisoner....not a willing traveler.
Fascinating stuff! Thanks RUclips algorithms for randomly recommending this vid to me :) Also, the host mentions the Disney Pocahontas movie and Terence Malick's movie, but failed to mention both featured Christian Bale in different roles (in the former he was the idiot noob who shot "Disposable Native Fiance", in the latter he played the guy who actually married Pocahontas).
And Bale is such an amazing actor he actually killed native Americans and practiced cannibalism to prepare for the role.
@@raoulduke2513 Yes, and in practice for his role in the Malick movie, he grew tobacco and married underage Native American girl. Method acting!!!! After all, he communed with Satan to prepare for his role as Darth Cheney :)
My mother likes to oddly brag about us being descendents of Jamestown, so I like to remind her that it means we are descendents of cannibals and rapist.
Soooooo, right at 5:15 an ad popped up with Trump's face on it. The ad was a link to a poll about what you thought of the current president. I just find it interesting that 5:15 is right when Simon refers to Angela's ancestors not being considered 'free' until 200 years later. I'm just making an observation and I'm having a good laugh about it.
Wmbg. is more North than West of Jamestown. And just a few miles.
Fascinating! Thanks! ☺️
I'd like to hear a Mayflower/Plymouth Rock episode.
Please do the Acropolis in Athens!
Did he say Roanoke at the start ...That's Andre Linoge's stopping ground ain't it "Born in sin, come on in".
How about a video on San Antonio?
I am from Jamestown, but here in California. Famos for gold and where men are men and sheep are scared.
I think I watched more commercials than content. Great story - I know you need to be paid but it's tough to sit through that much commercial.
I mean they could take the pirate route in sexuality, but they'd probably be hanged for the way it works. When two pirates get together they basically share each others wealth and a bunch of other things I can't really remember right now. Basically as long as you don't start a mutiny you were fine.
2 million artifacts!?! Sounds like they were terrible at cleaning up after themselves.
Trim that beautiful bushy beard. You have a straggler my friend!! Love you work Simon!
did you change the camera angle or lens for the wider talking head shots? If you don't move your arms in those shots, it starts looking like a bobble head Simon pez dispenser.
(not trying to be mean, just noticed it and thought it was funny)
the 'Birthplace of America" tends to vary depending on who you ask. North of the Mason-Dixon line? its Plymouth. South? Jamestown.
My 13th Great Grandfather rode that ship with Angela. "The White Lion".
You should make a geographics video based in Ireland :) plenty to chose from there.
The original town is partly underwater.
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How do you starve, when near the ocean? Im confused. How do they have facts on jane?
They were mostly upper class and probably had no idea how to fish
@@harveyrouen4655 Nailed it. Once you look at the bios of the first 'colonists', it all makes sense. Mostly, scions of upper class families, gentlemen adventurers looking for fame and fortune, w/ a few men at arms, none of whom did any 'dirty' work. Not enough laborers, craftsmen or farmers, and poor soil for farming, in any case.
They weren’t “near” the ocean. The village was actually pretty deep into the interior of the country. With that being said, the next settlement, set up in 1609 around present day Hampton, never faced a “starving time” or really struggled, for that matter.
Pretty soon you're gonna have to paint that beard gray and change your name to Simon Claus.
Why not do an episode on St. Augustine, FL, the oldest European settlement in the US? Founded by Ponce de Leon and home to the famed Fountain of Youth and Florida's legendary Old Sparky
OtterDC Captain you’re forgetting the first pain clinic handing out OxyContin
Because the US wasn't founded as a Spanish country.
Eodyn yeah but is it not the oldest settlement in the americas?
@@ethan60645 please read my post. Btw...Santa Fe is the oldest continually lived-in city in the United States.
@@eodyn7 it wasn't founded by the British either
That piece of beard sticking out...
FatTofu what has been seen can’t be unseen.
I do the same thing without realizing it with my beard
Tacklecentral Fishing wrong
I'd break my back to touch it 🥺🤣🤣🤣
@@tacklecentralfishing1051 I don't think so. It's way too irregularly shaped. Also, he generally uses a mic clipped to the placket of his shirt.
You didn't do ALL of your homework. Jamestown is southeast of Richmond. But your beard is magnificent so all is forgiven.
Not just the beard, the entire package is magnificent, and back off my man!
Supadupa Swaggascoopa Confusing east and west is hard to do.
@Supadupa Swaggascoopa -- I doubt that. Richmond (the present capital) is at the "fall line" of the James River. Jamestown is down river from Richmond.
I agree with this system of justice. Lisa Campbell has spoken.
@@OpalBLeigh yes I agree also. 😆 🇬🇧✌️
What's up with the little dread in his beard on the right side of the screen 😂
Still I love the channel and appreciate his work.
That's a "well I'm not refilming the whole bloody thing" kind of mistake.
yeah, it looks like his beard is trying to colonise his shoulder
Like Michael Scott when he vacationed in Jamaica.
He likes micro dreads?
Wait the bacon rebellion had nothing to do with bacon?... I have never been so disappointed with history
{snicker} Love this comment! :-)
Check out Dr. Todd Grande's video on the Boston Strangler for information on bacon related homicides. 😀
There is no bacon at Bacon's castle, but there was a ghost story. Apparently, there are more stories. I only heard the one.
the beard is filling in nicely
Overgrown
@@derrickstorm6976 no it looks better than ever now.
Captain John Smith
Can you see the bit he's been twisting on the left jawline?
Looks like a dreadlock
@@Rangifulla rastagraphics
correction: Jamestown is EAST of Richmond (30miles?).
thanks. i thought it was just me.
i was just about to say this. thank you!
Yes. East. There's no ocean 60 miles WEST of Richmond.
Yeah like 45 miles se of Williamsburg
I was brought in by the title, I commented because of the beard. Apparently I wasn't the only one to notice ! haha
I can't look away!
When I was 4 years old, my family went to Jamestown. Somewhere I learned the finger, so I ended up flipping everybody off all day.
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I live here!!!! We went to Jamestown, Colonial Williamsburg, and Yorktown almost every year in school.
Grew up literally in Yorktown, never realized how jaded you get about the history of this area being here everyday.
I’m happy to see people from 757 watch this Channel I grew up in Williamsburg
Grew up in Seaford, York County. Represent
I grew up in Hampton! One of the best things about living in the Tidewater area is all the history. Great video!
Grew up in Newport News, yes class trips to every historical site, EVERY YEAR!
"Powdered wife"
*Binging With Babish has joined the chat*
I don't get it
While the colony in Roanoke disappeared, some of the people survived among the local natives. There are people living in North Carolina who have been determined, by DNA tests, to be direct descendants of two families that were part of the colony. One fellow still had the family name, Brown.
They were comparing the DNA of Mr. Brown to that of some living descendants of the English families that sent members to Roanoke.
Considering the unliveable conditions of the land the settlers were trying to live on, I feel like it's possible the natives took pity on them and guided them away to live elsewhere. That or the natives didn't appreciate them being there and killed and kidnapped them all.
Seems like there has always been a problem with the concept of treating all people with respect.
People have treated insiders better than outsiders since time immemorial. Pretty much all social animals exhibit this. It ultimately arises from biological factors.
I live here in Virginia, about an hour from Jamestown, and I applaud how thorough you were on Jamestown. A lot of its history has been disney-fied and made family-friendly, it's nice to see how you touched on the realities of the colony. Thanks
"almost failed" is how he put it....Jamestown DID FAIL, miserably I might add. This Brit needs learn some more real history, and my fellow Americans like you shouldn't gaslight this topic and accept a false premise.
The Dude by what metric do you mean?
The success of the Virginia colony occurred in other sites like Hampton, Surrey and what is now Newport News. The original capital was simply too difficult to live in, particularly with the fresh water supply issue. Williamsburg had a better water supply, although the presence of the college didn't hurt.
@@robertvirginiabeach
Henrico county Virginia was thriving by the 1660s thanks to tobacco , plantation owners and the many indentured servants brought over from England to work the tobacco fields.
My immigrant ancestor arrived in 1675 as an indentured servant of William Byrd l
@@buckeyeman7631 what do you mean that it failed miserably? Elaborate
In the United States, the plant is called "jimsonweed", or more rarely "Jamestown weed" deriving from the town of Jamestown, Virginia, where English soldiers consumed it while attempting to suppress Bacon's Rebellion. They spent 11 days in altered mental states:
The James-Town Weed (which resembles the Thorny Apple of Peru, and I take to be the plant so call'd) is supposed to be one of the greatest coolers in the world. This being an early plant, was gather'd very young for a boil'd salad, by some of the soldiers sent thither to quell the rebellion of Bacon (1676); and some of them ate plentifully of it, the effect of which was a very pleasant comedy, for they turned natural fools upon it for several days: one would blow up a feather in the air; another would dart straws at it with much fury; and another, stark naked, was sitting up in a corner like a monkey, grinning and making mows [grimaces] at them; a fourth would fondly kiss and paw his companions, and sneer in their faces with a countenance more antic than any in a Dutch droll.
The impact Jamestown has on the nation is incredible and yet it never reached more than 500 population and by 1750 was little more than a country church and a few shacks. Many southerners, perhaps more than 40%, can trace their lineage to at least one settler from 1600’s Virginia. For instance, my city (Orlando, Fla.) was founded almost entirely by descendants of early Jamestown settlers who slowly spread outward into the Carolinas, Georgia, and inevitably Florida. The Jones family, one of America’s most common last names, first arrived at the small village. Some of the earliest black slaves arrived here in 1619. What would become The Episcopalian church, now having over 1.6 million members, effectively began when that first church service was held. And yet it was not until really 1907 when Jamestown was even remembered again. Funny how little things can make huge impacts on history. (FYI, Saint Augustine, Fla. is technically older, not having moved site since 1572. That place is interesting, it has only grown about three-fold since 1763.)
JGC I’m an Anglican Episcopalian and my mom’s ancestors came over on the Mayflower and dad’s settled in Virginia and Philly and signed the Declaration of Independence. I love history stuff even though almost all of the garbage taught in schools now is either romanticized nonsense or revisionist garbage.
In can trace my family back to James Rowe in 1652 in Virginia.
The low controlled population was done, thankfully by nature and the "naturals" leaving them alone to die on their own silliness.
Monsieur P. you related to benjamin rush? cause i am and the stories are similar. we can trace our roots to the mayflower and jamestown as well.
Are we not going to mention Plymouth? You know the other important colony that started a significant, yearly holiday for Americans called Thanksgiving. America has, in my opinion, two birthplaces, Jamestown and Plymouth.
Some of the men that immigrated were “gentlemen” meaning, born into a rich family, probably never worked, had allowance or trust fund, and were only interested in searching for gold. They refused to build their own houses and never grew crops, thinking that the others would provide shelter and food. The other settlers were pissed off that the gentlemen were not contributing to the community. They told them they had to fend for themselves. Some went back to England, others did build cabins with help and grow crops.
BeausMama part of this was because of how sick everyone was with what I believe was Malaria and dysentery, due to the town being founded by a swamp and having a dreary water supply. One of the governors commented on how he thought the colony was failing from laziness, then he caught ill himself and left for the tropics to find anti-scorbutic fruit, dying along the way.
1609-10 winter was not kind to the residents of jamestown.
a lot of factors working against Jamestown. 1. Location settling next to a mosquito infested swamp. Having your settlers comprised mainly of non skilled opportunity seekers, criminals, paupers, ect; which led to discipline problems ( in the early days it was just a land grab and trying to see what settlement stuck. We can thank the German settlers who brought their skills and knowledge on agriculture techniques.) To sum it up the settlement was populated by people who didnt know what they were doing.
@@92bagder or you can thank the natives who showed the settlers how to grow corn and tobacco and the settlers who listened and actually did the work.
The natives should have built a wall🤣🤣🤣
Post US Civil war the books were changed so we learned the pilgrims were there first. Or at lest the most successful. That's because Jamestown is in Virginia a southern state. Actually St. Augustine was the first successful European town I the 'New World'. But again. The US doesn't recognize St Augustine at all because it was Spanish.
In Virginia, we learned the truth.
2:04 Jamestown is not West of Richmond... It's East of Richmond
Fabio Geiger That is the exact reason why I’m reading comments. I was hoping someone will call them out for that.
I like how he said we did our homework right after 😂 I'm surprised I had to scroll this far to see someone saying something
He's impersonating a Jamestown tour guide while wandering around the mountains of Western Virginia.
This Brit shows in this video he knows no real facts, this video is an embarrassment for this channel!
@@buckeyeman7631 Why, because he said "west" instead of "east"? That's harsh!
Seeing the skeleton of 'Jane' with the cut marks on the bone is quite harrowing
He did it on purpose so we'd all comment on it
The monarchy in England still refers to the USA as 'The Virginia Company.' With regard to Jamestown, one of my ancestors was there in the 1600s; am pretty sure his name was Sir Wm. Wiseman. (Wiseman was purely an English name until Jews decided to Anglicize Weisman by transposing the letters). The family estate in England was called Much Canfield Park, in Essex. What this documentary left out was how so many inhabitants of Jamestown were bluebloods and had no clue as to how to farm or even dress their own deer. They had led cushy lives and were used to servants. Inasmuch as the first born in a family received all the wealth by way of inheritance, the 2nd, 3rd., 4th born sometimes opted for a new life in the New World. I've no clue as to why my ancestor was knighted and can only pray that he didn't partake of the cannibalism. Perhaps he landed in the late 1600s . . .
I’m from Essex in the U.K. and must say you are of good stock having an ancestor from Essex lol
If it makes you feel better if you go back far enough most people's ancestors did terrible things for food and had incestuous babies that eventually lead to you.
Human history isn't made for children. Unfortunately most of us learn about it when we are children in lesson plans designed for children
You obvs didn't watch the video.
He specifically states that they were upper class males who had no knowledge of farming, nor any servants there with them
To think that it only took 400 years to go from a fledgling colony on some random backwater marsh to the most powerful country on Earth is quite amazing in of itself. No one of the original 100 settlers could ever have imagined just what their legacy would have entailed.
Imagine how much more will change in another 400 years.
^^ah there it is, the reply that degrades a comment
Chuck how woke!
I'm American, and I do know the story of Jamestown. What can I say? Excellent job as usual. Kept my rapt attention when I thought you were just going over what I already know, but with new information, and maybe a different enough perspective to keep the whole thing interesting. Well done, again. Unexpectedly well done. As usual.
Great video as always, Attenborough of RUclips!
(Shameless self-plug but I also did a video on Jamestown, the stories of cannibalism, and a few other good bits. If anyone is looking for more content on the same topic, feel free to check it out.)
Really enjoying this channel, Simon. Cheers!
What's that hanging off your left cheek? Lol
One of my ancestors was there in 1607. He eventually went back to England though.
same but we stayed sadly
@@ethan60645 you are now part of the most powerfull country in the world !!
@@raymondj8768 allegedly
@@raymondj8768 China might want a word with you
@@derrickstorm6976 bullshit !
East! (2:00) Jamestown it 60 mi (100 km) EAST of Richmond.
You should all watch “Jamestown” on tv high budget tv show it’s brilliant
Virginia is named after the virgin queen, Elizabeth 1st
And for those saying he is moaning that he spelt town and cities wrong no that’s how it was spelt in old English
Early modern English, old English were basically just German
English stopped being considered old English a couple hundred years before the discovery of the Americas.
@@harveyrouen4655 *Germanic....still VERY different from German, but similar enough to have a basic conversation and get the gist of what each other was saying.
No, that TV show is very poor history.
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A lot of historians say she was treated well during her capture. The reason being was that colonist were greatly outnumbered and didn’t want to risk a full fledged attack from the Powhatan.
I've been to Historic Jamestown; it's...well...still there. A reconstructed fort, replicas (full sized) of all 3 ships, and an underfunded park. It's a place where history buffs go, or perhaps a place where parents feel they should take their children. I think the biggest crowds are school groups. The ships are so tiny compared to modern ships and it's hard to believe that they are full sized. Although photographs make the ships look fairly large..in person...when you see them...cross the Atlantic in one of those...nope. Jamestown is not exciting and it lacks the parades or the volume of things to participate in like Colonial Williamsburg or Yorktown...but it still has mosquitoes and it is not the easiest of places to get to still today. It is an informative, educational, and beloved by many place but it's the kind of place that you see once and feel you've pretty much seen all it has to offer.
Also: there was black slavery in Spanish St. Augustine (Florida).
Angela would not have been the first black African in North America... but rather in English North America.
I forgot that Estevanico, one of the survivors of the Narvaez/Cabeza de Vaca expedition in the 1520s and 1530s, was an African. He was probably the first person of African descent to walk in what is now the United States. This predates St. Augustine by about 40 years and Jamestown by about 80 years.
The first slaves arrived at Saint Augustine in 1606, so more like 70 years.