Jamestown and Virginia (1607)
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In the face of Spanish Catholic success the English Protestants were determined to create their own English empire in North America. Several attempts had already failed when the Virginia Company was able to found a small vulnerable settlement on a swampy island near the mouth of the James River. Both the town and the river bore the name of an English king with high political pretensions. Out of this iffy adventure emerged a viable English colony. Good management was not the cause. A noxious weed called tobacco and African slaves were the winning formula.
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  Life in Jamestown | Download this free lecture delivered by Sherwin T. Wine on the founding of Jamestown in 1607. Find out the reasons for Europeans founding America, and how the English settlers eventually succeeded in founding Jamestown. Sherwin T. Wine keeps the lecture entertaining, covering a lot of history in an hour and a half. This lecture has been made available by the Center For New Thinking on MP3 download through LearnOutLoud.com. |
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Lotta good stuff but..., May 17, 2008
Reviewer: R. Goodman
This is an interesting lecture, even if it is a little "all over the place." I like a lot of it, but it did seem somewhat high-schoolish. I thought it was also a little simplistic and a tad heavy on determinism in spots, but he still covered a lot in just an hour and a half. All in all, it's worth listening to.
Someone should let the lecturer that "uhhhh," "ahhhh," and "ummmm" are not real words. I'm not sure the lecturer's interjections of humor work all that well.
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March 2007
- LearnOutLoud.com Product ID:
J022704
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American History
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