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MAP & DIRECTIONS to Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center. Use Route 31 South (Jamestown Road) when traveling to Jamestown Settlement and Historic Jamestowne. A section of the Colonial Parkway is closed until Spring 2010.
Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
(6 p.m. June 15 - August 15)
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July 28, 2008
 Starting in 1608, women began arriving in Jamestown, where many could achieve a status and freedom unheard of in England.
Episode #19 - 1:04 - 6.29 MB - .mp4
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July 28, 2008
 Three small ships sailed from England to establish a colony in
Virginia, arriving in May 1607. Jamestown became America’s first
permanent English settlement.
Episode #20 - 1:04 - 6.35 MB - .mp4
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July 28th, 2008
 Although slavery was not a prominent component of the early
Jamestown settlement, the institution took root in Virginia with the
growth of the tobacco industry and became a prototype for the other
colonies.
Episode #21 - 1:04 - 6.27 MB - .mp4
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July 28, 2008
 Shareholder discontent with martial law in the new colony
prompted the creation of the “New Charter” which directly led to the
first legislative assembly in the New World.
Episode #22- 1:04 - 6.35 MB - .mp4
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July 28, 2008
 Jamestown was founded primarily as a commercial investment by the
shareholders of The Virginia Company. But the colony simply struggled
to survive for many years. Tobacco eventually proved to be the “gold”
of the region - although the original Jamestown investors never did
reap their own hoped-for returns.
Episode #23 - 1:04 - 6.21 MB - .mp4
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July 28th, 2008
 Trade between the Jamestown settlers and the Powhatan Indians became
increasingly important. The English relied on the Indians for food and
information, while the Powhatan found English copper and metal tools
desireable.
Episode #24 - 1:04 - 6.22 MB - .mp4
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