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American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In December 1606, three ships carrying 104 settlers left England and set sail for Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay. Six months later, they arrived on a narrow peninsula in the James River and founded Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in mainland North America.

From the start, faction and infighting threatened to tear the colony apart. And soon, the colonists’ pursuit of gold and glory would put them on a collision course with Virginia’s native inhabitants and their ruler, the powerful “chief of chiefs” Powhatan.

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0:00.0	Wunderry Plus subscribers can binge new seasons of American History Tellers early and
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0:09.7	We're excited to announce that American History Tellers Legacy Season, The Space Race,
0:14.8	is now available in full video on the American History Tellers YouTube channel.
0:19.2	Relive the fierce competition between the superpowers and witness history as it unfolds in a whole new way.
0:25.0	Subscribe to the American History Tellers channel on YouTube and let us know what you think. Imagine it's a May evening in 1607 on the Palatin River. You're a
0:48.8	Palatin Indian guide helping a group of two dozen Englishmen explore the area.
0:53.5	You're standing on a small island near the falls of the river
0:56.8	where churning rapids cascade over rocks,
0:59.3	spraying frothy water into the air.
1:01.5	The English leader, Captain Christopher Newport, steps forward to
1:05.2	command the group's attention.
1:07.2	This river shall henceforth be known as the James River, in honor of his majesty King James the first. Today I proclaim King James
1:16.2	the sovereign of this land. You watch the men cheer and it grates against your
1:21.3	ears. You know this land is ruled by no one but the great king
1:24.9	Powleton, the chief of chiefs, yet Newport speaks as if it belongs to another. He sweeps
1:30.5	a satisfied gaze over his men as a younger Englishman hands him a large wooden cross.
1:36.0	Newport holds it up for the crowd to see.
1:38.3	I have carved King James's name into the wood of this cross.
1:41.8	We will place it in the ground claiming this land for his majesty.
1:46.2	The men move quickly fetching tools to dig a narrow hole in the ground.
1:50.3	You feel that you can no longer stay silent.
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