The Jamestown colony gets its start.  In this episode, we discuss the circumstances surrounding the decision to colonize America and the challenges faced by those colonists.  
about Bartholomew Gosnold: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartholomew_Gosnold Read Gosnold’s account of New England: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1005 on Captain John Smith: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smith_(explorer) on King James I: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_VI_and_I about the Virginia (London Company: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Company Read the First Charter of Virginia: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/va01.asp James I image courtesy of: John de Critz - Prado image, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37047 George Percy image courtesy of: Herbert Luther Smith Read George Percy’s writings: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1002 Read Edward Wingfield’s writing: http://www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1023  Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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