Feb 28, 2018
For 200 years, Plymouth was referred to as the Brownist Emigration. Brownism was both a form of severe political agitation, and escape from troubled surroundings. It was both enthusiastic, and bitter. But, when the king wanted to put a halt to separatist thought, a group of Puritan Separatists decided to go to Leiden,...
Feb 21, 2018
After the death of Cecil and Prince Henry, three factions emerged in the Virginia Company. Smythe's businessmen, Sandys's Rebel MPs and Warwick's War Party vied for control of England's New World colonies. When Sandys won, Virginia became deeply linked to the fight between King and Parliament.
Feb 14, 2018
In 1606, Bartholomew Gosnold and Gabriel Archer led a big new attempt to set up an English New World Colony. Robert Cecil immediately began to interfere and sabotage the company. The Spanish watched, trying to decide whether or not to attack. Finally, a document by John Smith popularized the idea, and led the way for a...
Feb 7, 2018
On March 22, 1622, Powhatan warriors killed 25% of Virginia's population and forced the survivors to flee to one of six remaining settlement sites. They starved, and war resumed. This time, though, the Powhatan were vanquished, and Virginia was made a royal colony. The final episode of the Jamestown series, ends...