The Start of the Jamestown Colony

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.   Read more 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 Read more on Captain John Smith: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smith_(explorer) Read more on King James I: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_VI_and_I Read more 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/