Jamestown
Virginia's first settlement
Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America, established in 1607 in present-day Virginia.
The name evokes early colonial America—Pocahontas, John Smith, the harsh winters and tobacco cultivation that shaped the colony's survival.
Several other American towns share the name.
Default fake name
- charterFounding organizational document
- DiscoveryVessel or network name
- English settlementCommunity established by Britons
- New WorldWestern Hemisphere landmasses
Pocahontas · Atlantic crossing · colonizers · expedition · incorporation · venture · landfall · fort
Tidewater Virginia tribal coalition
- AlgonquianNorth American language family
- tradeExchange of commodities
- tributeOffering of respect
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
Virginia Algonquian confederation
- ChesapeakeMid-Atlantic tidal estuary
- TidewaterAtlantic coastal plain region
- AlgonquianNorth American language family
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
Anglican · Navigation Acts · Indigenous · Williamsburg · Yorktown · tidewater · burgesses
Extreme nutritional deprivation
- diseaseDisorder impairing normal function
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- scurvyVitamin C deficiency disease
- famineSevere food shortage
cannibalism · mortality · rationing · foraging · fortitude · adversity · winter · siege
Act of unearthing
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- skeletal remainsPreserved framework of deceased
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
relics · museum · heritage · dig site · pottery shards · burial grounds · archaeologists
John Smith
Default fake name
- charterFounding organizational document
- DiscoveryVessel or network name
- English settlementCommunity established by Britons
Pocahontas · New World · Atlantic crossing · colonizers · expedition · incorporation · venture · landfall · fort
Powhatan Confederacy
Tidewater Virginia tribal coalition
- AlgonquianNorth American language family
- tradeExchange of commodities
- tributeOffering of respect
Pocahontas · diplomacy · corn · cultural exchange · interpreters
Powhatan
Virginia Algonquian confederation
- ChesapeakeMid-Atlantic tidal estuary
- TidewaterAtlantic coastal plain region
- AlgonquianNorth American language family
plantation · Anglican · Navigation Acts · Indigenous · Williamsburg · Yorktown · tidewater · burgesses
starvation
Extreme nutritional deprivation
- diseaseDisorder impairing normal function
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- scurvyVitamin C deficiency disease
famine · cannibalism · mortality · rationing · foraging · fortitude · adversity · winter · siege · malaria
excavation
Act of unearthing
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- skeletal remainsPreserved framework of deceased
conservation · relics · museum · heritage · dig site · pottery shards · burial grounds · archaeologists
- Chesapeake historyChesapeake Bay, watermen, blue crabs, oystering, crabbing
- American HistoryAmerican Revolution, Revolutionary War, colonial era, founding fathers, Declaration of Independence
- Americas HistoryAmerican Revolution, Aztec Empire, colonial era, colonization, Columbus
- Atlantic portsAmsterdam, Antwerp, Baltimore, Boston, Bristol
- Colonial AmericaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence
- coloniescolony, ant colony, penal colony, bee colony, British colony
JamestownPlymouth
English port city
Plymouth Colony · Massachusetts Bay Colony · Providence · Plymouth Rock · Pilgrims
JamestownSt. Augustine
Historic Florida coastal city
Santa Fe · Quebec City · New Amsterdam · New France · San Juan
- Jamestown colonyInitial permanent English America