Settling Jamestown Part 1:  Settlement and Conflict
Channel: Adventures in Myth and History
Date: 2023-01-22

In this video, we explore the settling of Jamestown, examining the initial year, a rough time leading to the starving time, a time when hundreds of the settlers died, died because of their own mismanagement, and the actions of the local Indians.

This is the first in a series of videos that tracks Jamestown from its beginning through the Powhatan wars that nearly destroyed the colony and certainly resulted in the destruction of the Powhatan Confederation.

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Table of Contents:

00:00 - Introduction
00:49 - The Virginia Company Prepares for the Journey
02:01 - John Smith Bio
02:25 - The Journey
03:54 - The Powhatan Confederacy
04:52 - Initial Settlement
05:45 - The Council and Mission
06:35 - Wahunsenacah Tests Their Abilities: First attack against Jamestown
08:17 - Destructive Settler Attitudes
08:34 - Frequent Indian Attacks
09:20 - Indian Attitudes
09:37 - Settleer/Indian Relationship in 1st Year
10:14 - Newport's Departure
11:01 - Problems with the Location
11:28 - Loss of Almost 50% of the Colony
12:32 - Ratcliff replaces Wingfield
12:50 - Wahunsenacah Decides to Engage with Settlers
13:26 - Smith Captured
13:57 - Smith Saved by Pocahontas
14:46 - Smith's Return to Jamestown
15:21 - The Continued Decline
15:35 - Smith Condemned to Death
16:26 - Guilded Dirt and Ignored Resources
16:53 - Nedwport's Departure Delayed
17:25 - The Swords Change Everything

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Script/Study Guide: http://adventuresinsecurity.com/Mythistory/Jamestown/Jamestown_1_Script.pdf

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Selected Bibliography
https://www.mybib.com/b/mmDbDx