Videos from Jamestown Settlement

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Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in America.  Watch the following videos to learn more:

Quadricentennial Minutes
Jamestown Chronicles: James I, KIng of Great Britain
Jamestown Chronicles: Tomocomo, Indian Councilor
Jamestown Chronicles: Ann Burras , Colonial Maid
Jamestown Chronicles: Angela, African
The Story of the Sea Venture
The Economics of Jamestown
Holiday Traditions of the 17th and 18th Centuries in Virginia

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