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Starving Winter of 1609/1610
Starving Winter of 1609/1610 in Jamestown, Virginia: Women and others ate dogs, horses, rats, mice, and snakes to survive. One man ate his wife. First wedding and births
starving winter of 1609/1610 • women of jamestown • virginia • mrs. forrest • anne burras

It’s Popular, It’s Poisonous, And It’s Everywhere!
Jimsonweed, it grows all over the US and kids are eating the seeds to get high. instead of getting high, they hallucinate and can die.
poison • drugs • jimsonweed • dangerous • stink weed

Before Jamestown
Gilbert starts a colony at New Foundland. Drake returns the Roanoke settlers to England. The second Roanoke group disappears.
early american settlements • england • gilbert • drake • roanoke

First Women of Jamestown
The first two women to arrive in Jamestown, Virginia were a Mrs. Forrest and Anne Burras. Burras, with others dined during the starving winter of 1609-10, on dogs, horses
jamestown • virginia • women • john smith • starving time winter of 1609-10

Jamestown Chickens and Orchards
The people of Jamestown brought 500 chickens to the New World.
chicken and dumplings • jamestown • virginia • skunk • fox

Jamestown Settlers Expand Diet
Wild herbs, fish, and oysters added to the Jamestown meals.
jamestown • virginia • food • herbs • fishing

Jamestown, Virginia
Jamestown, Virginia: Founded in 1607, was the first permanent English colony established in America. It experienced starvation, rebellion, and Indian attacks.
jamestown in virginia • first permanent english colony in america • english king grants charter in new world • james river • king james i of england

Mail Order Brides in Jamestown
Jamestown is prospering and growing but the men need women. That problem is soon solved. Then the Indians attack.
jamestown • virginia • pocahontas • john rolfe • tobacco

Settlers Return to Jamestown
The people of Jamestown are ready to call it quits when, in 1610, Lord Thomas West De la Warr arrives in Virginia to be governor. John Rolfe marries Pocahontas and introd
jamestown • virginia • pocahontas • lord thomas west de la warr • delaware

Family Spring Break in Virginia
Take your family spring break vacation in Virginia at the beach, or visit exciting Busch Gardens and Colonial Williamsburg. Better yet, split your time in both locales.
family spring break vacation • virginia beach • colonial williamsburg • busch gardens europe • whale watching

Dining in Colonial Virginia
The early Jamestown folks seemed fonder of bowling in the streets than raising corn. Corn they could trade with the Indians for, or just steal it.
jamestown • virginia • food • stealing from indians • corn

Powhatan's Tribes Teach Settlers
Jamestown lacked men who knew how to farm. Powhatan's people show them how to plant and catch fish in exchange for metal for hatchets, glass beads and copper.
powhatan • jamestown • virginia • native americans • fish weirs

Smith Convinces Settlers to Work
Some of the Jamestown "gentlemen" refuse to work. John Smith tells them that if they don't work they will not eat. The London Company makes harsh demands. Smith is nearly
john smith • jamestown • virginia • america • powhatan

The Legacy of Bacon's Rebellion
This article details the events of 1675-76 that culminated into what is now known as Bacon's Rebellion. A look into the legal and societal effects and long term legacy of this event is examined as well.
nathaniel bacon • bacon's rebellion • colonial virginia • colonial history • indians

POCAHONTAS : PLANTING THE SEEDS OF ROMANCE
POCAHONTAS : PLANTING THE SEEDS OF ROMANCE explores the basis for the folktale of the romance between the Indian Princess and John Smith and celebrates the life of the Native American Princess in honor of Native American History Month.
pocahontas • john smith • jamestown • colonists • thomas rolfe

The Foundation of Europe's New World
A detailed piece about how integral the labor systems were to colonial America. Discussed are the three main sources of labor in what would become the United States: the American Indian, indentured servants, and African slaves.
slavery • indentured servitude • indentured servants • native americans • colonial america

Captain John Smith
Captain John Smith: Fights Turks, Imprisoned by Pirates, Enslaved by Turkish pasha, Settles Jamestown, Virginia in America.
captain john smith • settling jamestown • being enslaved in russia • fighting pirates • lincolnshire in england

Conflict for Lord Baltimore
George Calvert, the first Lord of Baltimore, visits Newfoundland then visits Jamestown, Virginia. He tangles with the secretary of the Virginia council William Claiborne.
george calvert • lord baltimore • maryland • new world • newfoundland

Dutch New York
The Dutch buy Manhattan from the Indians. The King of England gives the Duke of York New York/New Netherlands if he can take it away from the Dutch.
colonial america • manhattan • new york • new netherlands • dutch

Eating Pork in Early America
Pork was an important source of food in Jamestown. Here are recipes for Scrapple and Head Cheese.
virginia • food • head cheese • scrapple • recipes

John Smith Sails for America
John Smith, in Jamestown, is nearly hung until it is discovered that he is one of the counselors that had been appointed by the Virginia Company back in England to govern
john smith • jamestown • virginia • england • america

Pocahontas Saves John Smith
Captain John Smith tells of being taken captive in 1607, by Powhatan. Fearing Smith would be killed, Pocahontas flung herself across Smith, attempting to prevent his deat
pocahontas • john smith • powhatan • truth or legend • papoose

Powhatan's Kingdom
Powhatan's first proven contact with whites came in 1607, when Jamestown was established a few miles from Powhatan's capital of Werowocomoco. He attempted to control the
powhatan’s kingdom • jamestown • werowocomoco • algonquian-speaking tribes • virginia tidewater

Scalloped Oyster Recipe
Oysters added to the diet at Jamestown. Here is a recipe for Scalloped Oysters.
food • oysters • recipe for scalloped oysters • bread • eggs

Smith Hunts Whales and Explores
John Smith is captured by Indians. A warrior is ready to kill but the chief's young daughter, Pocahontas, supposedly saves him. Smith hunts whales and scouts the eastern
john smith • pocahontas • jamestown • america • whales

Spain Attempts to Colonize Florida
A study of the early history of Florida might well give the superstitious mind the impression that Florida was under a curse or was capable of placing curses on the first
florida • spanish armada • superstition • ponce de leon • st. augustine

Trace Your British Ancestry
The first British settlement in North America was at Georgetown, Virginia, in 1607. Tracing your English, Welsh, Irish or Scottish ancestry was never more popular
researching family history • genaeology • archives • family trees • england

Calvert is First Lord Baltimore
George Calvert becomes associated with the Virginia Company, the provisional council for the Virginia colony, the New England Company, and a plantation in Newfoundland.
george calvert • lord baltimore • virginia company • new world • newfoundland

FRUITS OF FALL-THE PERSIMMON
The warm days and cool nights of fall work wonders. They make apples sweet, and turn astringent persimmons into tasty treats.
persimmons • native persimmon • native american persimmon • japanese persimmon • kaki persimmon

Myth and Folklore: Dangerous Datura
In wildflowers, nothing spells myth and folklore like chemistry; compounds found in plants that do dastardly things to a body. A poster child for botany with pharmacological implications, not to mention myth and folklore is the genus Datura, in the Nightshade (Solanaceae) clan.
myth and folklore: dangerous datura • gregg m. pasterick • wildflowers of north america • botany • environment

The Many Misrepresentations of Pocahontas
Pocahontas was a real Native American girl who helped the English survive in the new Virginia colony of Jamestown. But most of the stories told about her are far from truth. What really happened back in the early 17th century between the English and the Powhatan tribe, and what became of Pocahontas after she left her native lands? See how history has been distorted through the centuries - you may be surprised by the facts.
pocahontas • powhatan • virginia • jamestown • english

It’s popular, It’s Poisonous, And It’s Everywhere! REVISITED
I first wrote this article last Summer. Since then I have acquired some additional information. So Here is a revised version of a very important Topic. Please read this one. It could be a matter of life and death.
poison • drugs • plant • jimpson weed • jimpsonweed

Colonial Williamsburg
As one of America's first "planned communities," the city of Williamsburg, Virginia played a central role in the years prior the American Revolution.
colonial williamsburg • early america • planned community • middle plantation • virginia general assembly

Roanoke: The Lost Colony - Part 2
Part two on the first attempt at English Colonization in Amercia.
white • dare • virginia • roanoke • colony

John and Priscilla Alden
John Alden and Priscilla were among the Mayflower passengers who settled Plymouth Colony, in the New World, in 1620. They wed in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
john and priscilla mullins alden • mayflower • plymouth colony in massachusetts • pilgrims • america

Refusal of Lord Baltimore
Lord Baltimore is told by the Virginia council that to be allowed to stay he must take an oath of supremacy, but refuses.
lord baltimore • george calvert • oath of supremacy • oath of allegiance • virginia

A Look at the Provinces, Part VI: Quebec
This is the sixth article in the series. Quebec is the province east of Ontario. It is the largest province in area and is the only completely Francophone Province. It has an area of 1,540,680 square kilometres and has a population of 6,895,963 people (1991 census). The Capital is Quebec (usually referred to as Quebec City). It was the one of the founding provinces of the Confederation in 1867.
quebec • quebec city • history • canada • new france

Roanoke Island Preserves 400 Years of American History
Roanoke Island was the site of the first attempt at English colonization in what would become the United States. That attempt failed when the settlers vanished without a trace and became known as The Lost Colony.
lost colony • roanoke island • fort raleigh • waterside theatre • manteo

Bacon's Rebellion – 1676
Nathaniel Bacon was absolutely a rebel! Was the cause of his devotion to liberty pure patriotic principle or was it a smoke screen to cover a desire for power and wealth?
nathaniel bacon • 1676 • bacon’s rebellion • virginia • rebel

Camping Trips 2000 : South-Central Kentucky, the Cumberland
The state of Kentucky is one big outdoors opportunity. One of the most beautiful and intriguing areas in that beautiful state is the Cumberland River region. Lakes, streams, rivers, forests, hills and wildlife make the Cumberland one of the best places to camp and experience nature in America.
camping in america • camping • kentucky state parks • cumberland river • lake cumberland

Indians of the Southern Colonies - Virginia
At the beginning of the 17th century, there were approximately 9,000 Indians in Virginia. By the end of the century, there was only a fraction of that number left. See what consequences the arrival of the English colonists had on the indigenous pupulation.
colonists • american • southeast • indians • 17th century

LOVERS : GREAT ROMANCES OF OUR TIME
A passionate literary tribute to the couples that shaped the face of romance in the twentieth century.
lynne remick • romance • lovers • passion • affairs

Acadians
This is sort of a continuation of the Article: French Canadians. Now we look at the Acadians.
acadians • french • deportation • nova scotia • new brunswick

Explorers of Canada, Part V: Samuel de Champlain
Its weird that the one who really started this country up for colonisation and interior explorations, the man who is called the Father of New France, the Father of Canada is FIFTH, who usually, in our Canadian history classes was second after Cartier (Cabot wasn't that important, also he was 'English')
canada • explorer • exploration • champlain • samuel de champlain

Paste Resist Dyeing
Paste resist is a way to dye patterns on fabric without the mess of batik wax, or time comsumed by tie dye or shibori. Here's a quick primer on paste resist.
katzome • paste resist • textile arts • textile crafts • arts and crafts

The Dry Road to Disaster
Drought is the most expensive type of natural disaster. It poses danger because it is gradual and it is silent. Now NOAA attempts to understand its causes and its patterns better by examining nature's comprehensive record.
weather • weather • weather • weather • weather

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