The Jamestown Settlement

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Beginnings -- 1607American Literature
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The Jamestown Settlement

• The New World

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1577 Map of Virginia
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Three ships in fair to poor condition
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A bit better accommodations..

• This was the largest of the three ships

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Thirty Men traveled for months on this ship...
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• A very difficult voyage to the New World

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The Surrounding Land

• Much of the area was swampland

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Re-creation of Jamestown Hut

• Conditions were primitive
• disease was common
• 80 mortality rate

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But a community nonetheless...

• All men
• Military rule
• Constant attacks from Natives

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• The Men had limited skills for survival

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• They settled on an island connected by an isthmus
• Easy to protect
• Numerous disadvantages

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• A modern aerial view of Jamestown Island

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• Jamestown Fort

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• An early map of Jamestown

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• English style Typical Jamestown hut

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• Amour from original Jamestown settlement men
  wore this while exploring, hunting, etc.

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• Discovery of high grade silica allowed Jamestown
  to build a glassworks

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• By the late 1800s, only this 1639 ruin
  remainedin the 1990s, the ruins of the original
  fort were found underwater in the James River