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History Is Fun: Cultures at Jamestown [Pdf]

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A six-page discussion of the mix of cultures that converged in the colony of Jamestown and the challenges this presented. These cultures were the English settlers, the indigenous Powhatan people, and the African slaves. Despite many problems and hardships, Jamestown survived and came to represent much that is central today to the American identity.

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slavery, european explorers, jamestown

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interaction of cultures, slave system, three cultures, african slaves, english colonists, english settlers, jamestown colony, powhatan, challenges at jamestown, contact with native americans, culture of jamestown, survival of jamestown

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Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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