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History Is Fun: Life at Jamestown [Pdf] ArticleHistory Is Fun: Life at Jamestown [Pdf] Article
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Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
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9th - 10th
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History Is Fun: Life at Jamestown [Pdf]

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A 16-page history of the establishment and growth of the colony of Jamestown. Covers the early challenges, the starving time, the Virginia Company, the conflict with Powhatan, the beginnings of the tobacco economy, the introduction of the slave system, and the evolution of government.

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slavery, jamestown, john smith

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