Jamestown Exposition

also given a special name that only my closest family members would know: Matoaka, which means “Little Snow Feather,” but my public name was “Pocahontas.” Faith: How did your people react when the Englishmen came in 1607 to start the settlement of Jamestown? Pocahontas: I was twelve when this was happening, and we were all very curious, yet untrusting and even fearful of the strange men with light skin and metal clothes. We didn’t exactly know why they had come, how long they were staying, or if

Jamestown Rediscovery Artifacts How do we recapture the lives of people who left no written record? If a pot is found in the middle of the woods, how do we determine how it got there? From what clues can we unlock the history behind that pot? Are artifacts a reliable source of factual information? It’s through artifacts uncovered, put together with written documentation, that we can tell the story of the way people lived. With the Jamestown Rediscovery, artifacts are analyzed and put together with

Jamestown The Buried Truth, was an exciting book that unearthed the lost James Fort that was established in the early 17th century. It was told by the lead Archaeologist of the Jamestown Rediscovery Project, William M. Kelso, published by the University of Virginia Press in, 2006. Kelso tells the journey of this twelve year project of discovering Jamestown in preparation for the 400th anniversary back in 2007. Along the way they found the graves of seventy people, artifacts, trash pits, armor, evidence

They were the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery. In 1607, the three ships brought 104 English men and boys to North America to start the Jamestown Colony. The following years, many of the settlers died. There are many reasons why the settlers died in Jamestown, but there were three major causes. Many settlers died in the early Jamestown Colony from disease, Indian attacks, and drought. Winters were harsh and summer sickness spread. Indians attacked because of the English’s careless attacks

the film delivered a make-belief movie, that was very unrealistic and untrue. At the same time, Pocahontas did not cover much understanding of the period it covered. The only understanding covered from the film itself was British people coming to Jamestown and mistreating the Native Americans. Along with the bigger picture, Pocahontas saved John Smith from being executed, leading to people having hope for the Native and Britain's finding a common ground. Furthermore, the film did not add understanding

suffered terrible hardships in its early years, but managed to endure, earning the distinction of being America 's first permanent English colony. Today at Jamestown Settlement, the story of the people who founded Jamestown and of the Virginia Indians they encountered are told through film, gallery exhibits and living history. Artifacts found at Jamestown tell us about the material conditions of the early British settlers including how they acquired food, what kinds of tools and domestic furniture they

Why did so many colonists die?" In early Jamestown, from 1607 to 1610, 452 colonists died even though Jamestown was supplied with 560 colonists. This leaves only 90 colonists left after the May of 1610. On May 14, 1607, colonists set off for Jamestown Island to build a settlement there. They did not know that there were close to 15,000 Powhatan Indians in the forest. Most people who came were from the ages of 17 to 35 years old. Some were servants that needed to pay off debt while others wanted to

and portray events that actually took place in reality, although they are fictionalized in the world of Disney. One of those many fictionalized yet real characters that we are told of is Pocahontas. The real story is portrayed in “Love and Hate in Jamestown”, by David A. Price, along with other issues surrounding the journey of the colonists as they were settling into the New World. David A. Price 's, “Love and Hate Relationship”, begins by describing the departure of a group of greedy and rich men

The English had two main colonies in the new world, Jamestown and Plymouth. The first colony was Jamestown, established in Virginia in 1607.Jamestown was settled by Captain John Smith, and was named by after King James I. And Plymouth is in Massachusetts it was the second English settlement in North America. The Englishmen were attempting to settle in the new area they encountered many struggles along with sickness and hunger. On May 14, 1607, a group of roughly 100 members of a

Although the Jamestown Colony stands today as the first permanent English settlement, the colony is also known for their hardships while sailing and after landing in Virginia. While the Disney movie “Pocahontas” is based loosely on the reality of the Jamestown Colony, having some similarities, there are some differences between the movie and its reality. One part historically correct about the movie “Pocahontas” was that the Jamestown settlers arrived in Jamestown in hopes of finding gold and other