Quadricentennial Minutes

This series of minute-long videos describe the establishment of the first permanent English settlement in North America at Jamestown in 1607.

Quadricentennial Minute Topics:
The Voyage
Powhatan and Pocahontas
Religion
John Smith
Profit Movie
Representative Government
Women
Slavery
International Trade
Powhatans and Trade

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