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@christopherfitch33473 жыл бұрын
You should do one on the "city of five flags" aka Pensacola, Florida. A city that's been under five different governments control and the former capital of Florida.
@frankkolton17804 жыл бұрын
Jamestown seems like ancient history to most of us Yanks, until you go to Europe, then Jamestown seems like a recent bad camping trip.
@FunSizeSpamberguesa4 жыл бұрын
@Steve the Pirate Wait, what? To who, and why?
@KalmoK4 жыл бұрын
Recent? Not even, we had more and even worse camping trips
@debayanbiswas93324 жыл бұрын
@Frank Kolton come to India...You will feel Jamestown incidents occurred in recent days..
@robjones13284 жыл бұрын
Steve the Pirate wtf....
@jonatanrullman4 жыл бұрын
As a european I can confirm this. I do however envy your history class. In Sweden we begin with the vikings in 500 CE and it's basically a shitfest of old kings and battles from then to 1750. US teacher be like: Four score and seven years ago.
@fraggedful3 жыл бұрын
As someone who lives in Virginia and has visited Jamestown numerous times, it is crazy to think anyone survived there hundreds of years ago due to how little there is in the area. To think anything became of it, is a miracle story at the very least
@myownirvana4 жыл бұрын
I live here in Virginia, about an hour from Jamestown, and I applaud how thorough you were on Jamestown. A lot of its history has been disney-fied and made family-friendly, it's nice to see how you touched on the realities of the colony. Thanks
@buckeyeman76314 жыл бұрын
"almost failed" is how he put it....Jamestown DID FAIL, miserably I might add. This Brit needs learn some more real history, and my fellow Americans like you shouldn't gaslight this topic and accept a false premise.
@lawdogattorneyatlaw48864 жыл бұрын
The Dude by what metric do you mean?
@robertvirginiabeach4 жыл бұрын
The success of the Virginia colony occurred in other sites like Hampton, Surrey and what is now Newport News. The original capital was simply too difficult to live in, particularly with the fresh water supply issue. Williamsburg had a better water supply, although the presence of the college didn't hurt.
@lindaeasley5606 Жыл бұрын
@@robertvirginiabeach Henrico county Virginia was thriving by the 1660s thanks to tobacco , plantation owners and the many indentured servants brought over from England to work the tobacco fields. My immigrant ancestor arrived in 1675 as an indentured servant of William Byrd l
@AngryNegativeHistoryProject Жыл бұрын
@@buckeyeman7631 what do you mean that it failed miserably? Elaborate
@otterdccaptain92294 жыл бұрын
Why not do an episode on St. Augustine, FL, the oldest European settlement in the US? Founded by Ponce de Leon and home to the famed Fountain of Youth and Florida's legendary Old Sparky
@chill20254 жыл бұрын
OtterDC Captain you’re forgetting the first pain clinic handing out OxyContin
@eodyn74 жыл бұрын
Because the US wasn't founded as a Spanish country.
@ethan606454 жыл бұрын
Eodyn yeah but is it not the oldest settlement in the americas?
@otterdccaptain92294 жыл бұрын
@@ethan60645 please read my post. Btw...Santa Fe is the oldest continually lived-in city in the United States.
@otterdccaptain92294 жыл бұрын
@@eodyn7 it wasn't founded by the British either
@macnutz42064 жыл бұрын
While the colony in Roanoke disappeared, some of the people survived among the local natives. There are people living in North Carolina who have been determined, by DNA tests, to be direct descendants of two families that were part of the colony. One fellow still had the family name, Brown. They were comparing the DNA of Mr. Brown to that of some living descendants of the English families that sent members to Roanoke.
@UmatsuObossa Жыл бұрын
Considering the unliveable conditions of the land the settlers were trying to live on, I feel like it's possible the natives took pity on them and guided them away to live elsewhere. That or the natives didn't appreciate them being there and killed and kidnapped them all.
@annoyedworm56644 жыл бұрын
That piece of beard sticking out...
@liekevalk1544 жыл бұрын
FatTofu what has been seen can’t be unseen.
@TheScaledOne4 жыл бұрын
I do the same thing without realizing it with my beard
@jakebeneski19774 жыл бұрын
Tacklecentral Fishing wrong
@ladycheyne56074 жыл бұрын
I'd break my back to touch it 🥺🤣🤣🤣
@haplessasshole96154 жыл бұрын
@@tacklecentralfishing1051 I don't think so. It's way too irregularly shaped. Also, he generally uses a mic clipped to the placket of his shirt.
@Walmartshoez4 жыл бұрын
I live here!!!! We went to Jamestown, Colonial Williamsburg, and Yorktown almost every year in school.
@gjcij22034 жыл бұрын
Grew up literally in Yorktown, never realized how jaded you get about the history of this area being here everyday.
@samwestbrock54884 жыл бұрын
I’m happy to see people from 757 watch this Channel I grew up in Williamsburg
@DarthKenobius4 жыл бұрын
Grew up in Seaford, York County. Represent
@gregwilliams78484 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Hampton! One of the best things about living in the Tidewater area is all the history. Great video!
@MrKeni4204 жыл бұрын
Grew up in Newport News, yes class trips to every historical site, EVERY YEAR!
@AtomicLegion4 жыл бұрын
"don't offend that naturals." a very underrated rule.
@BothHands14 жыл бұрын
love the ouran pfp ^_^
@koolnomi954 жыл бұрын
Step 1: Don't annoy the native people Failed Step 1
@claudiobizama56034 жыл бұрын
"Naturals" sounds oddly nice
@PinkyJujubean6 ай бұрын
@@koolnomi95every colonial country fails step 1. Kinda hard not to
@benpeters58514 жыл бұрын
Wait the bacon rebellion had nothing to do with bacon?... I have never been so disappointed with history
@WildStar20024 жыл бұрын
{snicker} Love this comment! :-)
@Soapmaker193 жыл бұрын
Check out Dr. Todd Grande's video on the Boston Strangler for information on bacon related homicides. 😀
@beepbopboop32216 ай бұрын
There is no bacon at Bacon's castle, but there was a ghost story. Apparently, there are more stories. I only heard the one.
@davidhughes90864 жыл бұрын
the beard is filling in nicely
@derrickstorm69764 жыл бұрын
Overgrown
@kostikoskela3754 жыл бұрын
@@derrickstorm6976 no it looks better than ever now.
@linascharzevskis99444 жыл бұрын
Captain John Smith
@Rangifulla4 жыл бұрын
Can you see the bit he's been twisting on the left jawline? Looks like a dreadlock
@delarkaBCN4 жыл бұрын
@@Rangifulla rastagraphics
@louismacleod33424 жыл бұрын
correction: Jamestown is EAST of Richmond (30miles?).
@AllThatsGone4 жыл бұрын
thanks. i thought it was just me.
@MattPappa4 жыл бұрын
i was just about to say this. thank you!
@jeremywhite924 жыл бұрын
Yes. East. There's no ocean 60 miles WEST of Richmond.
@joefisher68104 жыл бұрын
Yeah like 45 miles se of Williamsburg
@jgc48184 жыл бұрын
The impact Jamestown has on the nation is incredible and yet it never reached more than 500 population and by 1750 was little more than a country church and a few shacks. Many southerners, perhaps more than 40%, can trace their lineage to at least one settler from 1600’s Virginia. For instance, my city (Orlando, Fla.) was founded almost entirely by descendants of early Jamestown settlers who slowly spread outward into the Carolinas, Georgia, and inevitably Florida. The Jones family, one of America’s most common last names, first arrived at the small village. Some of the earliest black slaves arrived here in 1619. What would become The Episcopalian church, now having over 1.6 million members, effectively began when that first church service was held. And yet it was not until really 1907 when Jamestown was even remembered again. Funny how little things can make huge impacts on history. (FYI, Saint Augustine, Fla. is technically older, not having moved site since 1572. That place is interesting, it has only grown about three-fold since 1763.)
@ungrateful-664 жыл бұрын
JGC I’m an Anglican Episcopalian and my mom’s ancestors came over on the Mayflower and dad’s settled in Virginia and Philly and signed the Declaration of Independence. I love history stuff even though almost all of the garbage taught in schools now is either romanticized nonsense or revisionist garbage.
@MarkTulsa20244 жыл бұрын
In can trace my family back to James Rowe in 1652 in Virginia.
@UnchainedAmerica4 жыл бұрын
The low controlled population was done, thankfully by nature and the "naturals" leaving them alone to die on their own silliness.
@ethan606454 жыл бұрын
Monsieur P. you related to benjamin rush? cause i am and the stories are similar. we can trace our roots to the mayflower and jamestown as well.
@kstorey74974 жыл бұрын
Are we not going to mention Plymouth? You know the other important colony that started a significant, yearly holiday for Americans called Thanksgiving. America has, in my opinion, two birthplaces, Jamestown and Plymouth.
@lisaallis66324 жыл бұрын
You didn't do ALL of your homework. Jamestown is southeast of Richmond. But your beard is magnificent so all is forgiven.
@godhatesusall854 жыл бұрын
Not just the beard, the entire package is magnificent, and back off my man!
@daveylacy4 жыл бұрын
Supadupa Swaggascoopa Confusing east and west is hard to do.
@GilmerJohn4 жыл бұрын
@Supadupa Swaggascoopa -- I doubt that. Richmond (the present capital) is at the "fall line" of the James River. Jamestown is down river from Richmond.
@OpalBLeigh4 жыл бұрын
I agree with this system of justice. Lisa Campbell has spoken.
@211inprogress4 жыл бұрын
@@OpalBLeigh yes I agree also. 😆 🇬🇧✌️
@movietimeateds694 жыл бұрын
When I was 4 years old, my family went to Jamestown. Somewhere I learned the finger, so I ended up flipping everybody off all day.
Everyone knows about why those places are important. Salem had the witch trials of 1692 (which were caused by mass hysteria, a side effect of a kind of mold that had gotten into everyone's bread), and the latter two were where major battles in WWII happened.
@furioussherman72654 жыл бұрын
@@SongokuJidai It isn't even a footnote. It's just a story of some stubborn old coot being senselessly murdered in a cruel and unusual way by a hysterical mob, one of dozens that happened in Salem and one of innumerable that died in any religiously-fueled panic throughout history. The only reason why Salem is well-known is because it happened on American soil, and Americans masturbate to the deluded notion that the only important events in history were ones that directly involved them.
@NanaSevers4 жыл бұрын
Some of the men that immigrated were “gentlemen” meaning, born into a rich family, probably never worked, had allowance or trust fund, and were only interested in searching for gold. They refused to build their own houses and never grew crops, thinking that the others would provide shelter and food. The other settlers were pissed off that the gentlemen were not contributing to the community. They told them they had to fend for themselves. Some went back to England, others did build cabins with help and grow crops.
@jackfinlander33594 жыл бұрын
BeausMama part of this was because of how sick everyone was with what I believe was Malaria and dysentery, due to the town being founded by a swamp and having a dreary water supply. One of the governors commented on how he thought the colony was failing from laziness, then he caught ill himself and left for the tropics to find anti-scorbutic fruit, dying along the way.
@domusdebellum30424 жыл бұрын
1609-10 winter was not kind to the residents of jamestown.
@92bagder4 жыл бұрын
a lot of factors working against Jamestown. 1. Location settling next to a mosquito infested swamp. Having your settlers comprised mainly of non skilled opportunity seekers, criminals, paupers, ect; which led to discipline problems ( in the early days it was just a land grab and trying to see what settlement stuck. We can thank the German settlers who brought their skills and knowledge on agriculture techniques.) To sum it up the settlement was populated by people who didnt know what they were doing.
@domusdebellum30424 жыл бұрын
@@92bagder or you can thank the natives who showed the settlers how to grow corn and tobacco and the settlers who listened and actually did the work.
@ladycheyne56074 жыл бұрын
The natives should have built a wall🤣🤣🤣
@gameaccount34204 жыл бұрын
Seems like there has always been a problem with the concept of treating all people with respect.
@PrezVeto3 жыл бұрын
People have treated insiders better than outsiders since time immemorial. Pretty much all social animals exhibit this. It ultimately arises from biological factors.
@jennylee92784 жыл бұрын
They brought too many chiefs and not enough Indians. No farmers, no carpenters, just a bunch of bosses.
@Alpine_Joe4 жыл бұрын
Unfortunate choice of metaphor 😂
@clerickolter4 жыл бұрын
The French led off with traders, then fit men and women with skills and some leaders and soldiers then African Slaves. Spanish followed similar approaches. Smiths were often paid well to move in with generous granting of benefits in both cases. You needed smiths of all kinds.
@22steve51504 жыл бұрын
and to make matters worse they took just about the worst slice of land they could find for their home, so they had the combination of not many colonists who knew how to survive, not much to work with as far as the surrounding area, exposure to new diseases, exposure to a very different kind of climate that most were used to, very infrequent resupply, and being completely surrounded by 15,000 indians who were very frequently enemies. Talk about "set up to fail".
@jennylee92784 жыл бұрын
@@Alpine_Joe It was intentional. I am part native so I have a free use card.
@SkinnyVinnyLive4 жыл бұрын
A strategy that has carried over into cooperate America lol
@barnyardaerials4 жыл бұрын
I was brought in by the title, I commented because of the beard. Apparently I wasn't the only one to notice ! haha
@laurak58384 жыл бұрын
I can't look away!
@faithcastillo95974 жыл бұрын
My husband and I visited Historic Jamestown several years ago, and enjoyed it thoroughly. There is a museum of artifacts on display, an interactive presentation where you, the audience, are treated as if a newly arriving colonist, a glass blowing shop, a representation of a typical native village, replicas of the ships the colonists sailed on, gardens, and much, much more. It's there that we learned about the hardships of establishing a life in a land bereft of all modern conveniences, and where we learned about the cannabalism. At the time, a midden pit was being excavated, and that is where Jane's bones had been found. It was a sobering, fascinating place to visit, and I highly recommend it to anyone visiting the area.
@bertoflores50464 жыл бұрын
What's up with the little dread in his beard on the right side of the screen 😂 Still I love the channel and appreciate his work.
@TheScaledOne4 жыл бұрын
That's a "well I'm not refilming the whole bloody thing" kind of mistake.
@tylernilson70214 жыл бұрын
yeah, it looks like his beard is trying to colonise his shoulder
@ZombiesAteMyGF4 жыл бұрын
Like Michael Scott when he vacationed in Jamaica.
@rageintothelight4 жыл бұрын
He likes micro dreads?
@ianwalton2844 жыл бұрын
In the United States, the plant is called "jimsonweed", or more rarely "Jamestown weed" deriving from the town of Jamestown, Virginia, where English soldiers consumed it while attempting to suppress Bacon's Rebellion. They spent 11 days in altered mental states: The James-Town Weed (which resembles the Thorny Apple of Peru, and I take to be the plant so call'd) is supposed to be one of the greatest coolers in the world. This being an early plant, was gather'd very young for a boil'd salad, by some of the soldiers sent thither to quell the rebellion of Bacon (1676); and some of them ate plentifully of it, the effect of which was a very pleasant comedy, for they turned natural fools upon it for several days: one would blow up a feather in the air; another would dart straws at it with much fury; and another, stark naked, was sitting up in a corner like a monkey, grinning and making mows [grimaces] at them; a fourth would fondly kiss and paw his companions, and sneer in their faces with a countenance more antic than any in a Dutch droll.
@diamondk1o1873 жыл бұрын
In fourth grade Virginia students take a trip to Jamestown and Williamsburg. I have gone back several times since then and always discovered something new. They have exhibit of life in the settlement and native American life. You can go down to the replica boats and walk aboard. It is very nice.
@davidmauney41494 жыл бұрын
I'm American, and I do know the story of Jamestown. What can I say? Excellent job as usual. Kept my rapt attention when I thought you were just going over what I already know, but with new information, and maybe a different enough perspective to keep the whole thing interesting. Well done, again. Unexpectedly well done. As usual.
@thejudgmentalcat4 жыл бұрын
"Powdered wife" *Binging With Babish has joined the chat*
@paulcarmi81304 жыл бұрын
I don't get it
@TBONESIDEOFLIFE4 жыл бұрын
Really enjoying this channel, Simon. Cheers!
@fordtrucks334 жыл бұрын
A lot of historians say she was treated well during her capture. The reason being was that colonist were greatly outnumbered and didn’t want to risk a full fledged attack from the Powhatan.
@jpavlvs4 жыл бұрын
Post US Civil war the books were changed so we learned the pilgrims were there first. Or at lest the most successful. That's because Jamestown is in Virginia a southern state. Actually St. Augustine was the first successful European town I the 'New World'. But again. The US doesn't recognize St Augustine at all because it was Spanish.
@aintnolittlegirl93223 жыл бұрын
In Virginia, we learned the truth.
@zylaaeria26274 жыл бұрын
To think that it only took 400 years to go from a fledgling colony on some random backwater marsh to the most powerful country on Earth is quite amazing in of itself. No one of the original 100 settlers could ever have imagined just what their legacy would have entailed. Imagine how much more will change in another 400 years.
@kendrox09944 жыл бұрын
^^ah there it is, the reply that degrades a comment
@felixgarcia24234 жыл бұрын
Chuck how woke!
@nohbuddy14 жыл бұрын
Seeing the skeleton of 'Jane' with the cut marks on the bone is quite harrowing
@corgifloofi48404 жыл бұрын
One of my ancestors was there in 1607. He eventually went back to England though.
@ethan606454 жыл бұрын
same but we stayed sadly
@raymondj87684 жыл бұрын
@@ethan60645 you are now part of the most powerfull country in the world !!
@derrickstorm69764 жыл бұрын
@@raymondj8768 allegedly
@harveyrouen46554 жыл бұрын
@@raymondj8768 China might want a word with you
@raymondj87684 жыл бұрын
@@derrickstorm6976 bullshit !
@Marcus510904 жыл бұрын
You should all watch “Jamestown” on tv high budget tv show it’s brilliant Virginia is named after the virgin queen, Elizabeth 1st And for those saying he is moaning that he spelt town and cities wrong no that’s how it was spelt in old English
@harveyrouen46554 жыл бұрын
Early modern English, old English were basically just German
@garethbaus54714 жыл бұрын
English stopped being considered old English a couple hundred years before the discovery of the Americas.
@mikespearwood39144 жыл бұрын
@@harveyrouen4655 *Germanic....still VERY different from German, but similar enough to have a basic conversation and get the gist of what each other was saying.
@fabrisseterbrugghe85674 жыл бұрын
No, that TV show is very poor history.
@Marcus510904 жыл бұрын
Fabrisse ter Brugghe I don’t care it’s good
@Galaar4 жыл бұрын
I admit, I do a little dance in my chair when a video comes out regarding a topic I've studied in the past.
@marilynguinnane46634 жыл бұрын
The monarchy in England still refers to the USA as 'The Virginia Company.' With regard to Jamestown, one of my ancestors was there in the 1600s; am pretty sure his name was Sir Wm. Wiseman. (Wiseman was purely an English name until Jews decided to Anglicize Weisman by transposing the letters). The family estate in England was called Much Canfield Park, in Essex. What this documentary left out was how so many inhabitants of Jamestown were bluebloods and had no clue as to how to farm or even dress their own deer. They had led cushy lives and were used to servants. Inasmuch as the first born in a family received all the wealth by way of inheritance, the 2nd, 3rd., 4th born sometimes opted for a new life in the New World. I've no clue as to why my ancestor was knighted and can only pray that he didn't partake of the cannibalism. Perhaps he landed in the late 1600s . . .
@prepperjonpnw64824 жыл бұрын
I’m from Essex in the U.K. and must say you are of good stock having an ancestor from Essex lol
@SoulDevoured4 жыл бұрын
If it makes you feel better if you go back far enough most people's ancestors did terrible things for food and had incestuous babies that eventually lead to you. Human history isn't made for children. Unfortunately most of us learn about it when we are children in lesson plans designed for children
@theophrastusbombastus1359 Жыл бұрын
You obvs didn't watch the video. He specifically states that they were upper class males who had no knowledge of farming, nor any servants there with them
@NevadaLamb6 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video and the one on MegaProjects! I’m visiting Jamestown tomorrow and am happy to have the info needed to fully understand and appreciate the land.
@rebeccamd79034 жыл бұрын
Thank your for making this video. I am descended from many settlers and Natives of Jamestown. They celebrated their 400th anniversary recently & opened a new Native exhibit. We’ve also begun working with PBS to make a documentary on the Descendants of Pocahontas that started last fall. As a descendant of Pocahontas...this is so exciting to me!!
@EVERTONFC.4 жыл бұрын
Did you have powdered wife as an appetizer?
@rebeccamd79034 жыл бұрын
Muso Snob damn! That’s low.
@EVERTONFC.4 жыл бұрын
@@rebeccamd7903 ha ha come on !!
@rebeccamd79034 жыл бұрын
Muso Snob it’s all in good fun. 🤣😉
@AlexanderJasperJay6 ай бұрын
Hey what happened to this project? Did it get delayed with COVID or is it available?
@MrSuupar4 жыл бұрын
2:04 Jamestown is not West of Richmond... It's East of Richmond
@meagancaputo60184 жыл бұрын
Fabio Geiger That is the exact reason why I’m reading comments. I was hoping someone will call them out for that.
@Shrek2Enthusiast4 жыл бұрын
I like how he said we did our homework right after 😂 I'm surprised I had to scroll this far to see someone saying something
@pohldriver4 жыл бұрын
He's impersonating a Jamestown tour guide while wandering around the mountains of Western Virginia.
@buckeyeman76314 жыл бұрын
This Brit shows in this video he knows no real facts, this video is an embarrassment for this channel!
@mikespearwood39144 жыл бұрын
@@buckeyeman7631 Why, because he said "west" instead of "east"? That's harsh!
@zonimacabre4 жыл бұрын
I am not embarrassed saying my favorite movie was Pocahontes. However, I was younger than most people, (I think?), to hear a closer to the truth version. Thanks for doing the whole settlement and clearing up some details. I love all your channels!
@MrAperry54 жыл бұрын
Great channel!! Both this and Biographics are very well put together and extremely informative. Cheers from Canada
@texasyojimbo4 жыл бұрын
Also: there was black slavery in Spanish St. Augustine (Florida). Angela would not have been the first black African in North America... but rather in English North America.
@texasyojimbo4 жыл бұрын
I forgot that Estevanico, one of the survivors of the Narvaez/Cabeza de Vaca expedition in the 1520s and 1530s, was an African. He was probably the first person of African descent to walk in what is now the United States. This predates St. Augustine by about 40 years and Jamestown by about 80 years.
@jgc48184 жыл бұрын
The first slaves arrived at Saint Augustine in 1606, so more like 70 years.
@cheyennedogsoldiers3 жыл бұрын
I have spent a great deal of time in Virginia and as an Englishman coming from England's fine weather I can only begin to imagine how hard it must have been. Dealing with just the temperatures and humidity alone must have been a brutal education for those early settlers.
@jamesvalentine2103 Жыл бұрын
Funny you say that, I've heard a lot of English people complain about the English weather. It seems to have a rainy reputation, and yet a city like London gets less rain than central Texas. There are more rainy days in London, but more actual rain and thunderstorms here, and more sun.
@UmatsuObossa Жыл бұрын
The sun is also brutal here, and the bugs!!! I can only imagine hoe many ticks they were having to pick off every day. And in the summer when we get actual storms!! I've seen Englishmen act like the world is ending when a squall blows in, and Americans are just like "huh...looks like rain".
@katemaloney42964 жыл бұрын
John Smith: [coming back to Jamestown] Hey, has anyone seen William? Settler: [burping] We had him for dinner last week. Since then, no.
@nodelhs69924 жыл бұрын
When describing curiositystream for the second time you said "A" and then "2". My brain cant let it go Simon
@outlawJosieFox4 жыл бұрын
The Biographics video on Pocahontas is simply one of the most disturbing and sad things I have ever seen. I am not American but still, I had no idea. That poor child.
@skipperson40774 жыл бұрын
a major reason Jamestown was abandoned was poor soil, basically built on sand, to go along with poor drainage which led to mosquitoes and tropical diseases. That soil improves a lot when you reach the rolling hills of Virginia's Piedmont region and that region is not far away. Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown are available for historical tourism partly because they were largely abandoned/under-inhabited, Virginians simply moved up river to better lands....
@jgc48184 жыл бұрын
4:20 it’s unlikely she was abducted. Most slaves were sold by Tribal Kings who had conquered other groups or wanted to make a quick buck, very few slaves were just abducted, as that would be a very difficult job and physically taxing for those in the slave trade.
@LindaCasey4 жыл бұрын
I lived in Virginia Beach (First Landing = amongst the 'goodly tall trees') back in the 80s and made frequent visits to Jamestown, Yorktown and Williamsburg as well as the various Indian reservations. It was a thrilling time for me to be immersed hip deep in so much beautiful history. Thank you for posting. 🌹
@joechang86964 жыл бұрын
there are several major omissions in the history of America, North and South. The Mayflower was headed for Virginia, but the Pilgrims were dropped off in Massachusetts due to schedule issues. It was understood that settling in New England was impractical because natives were happy to trade with the European cod fishing ships, but made clear when it was time to leave.
@jgc48184 жыл бұрын
Joe Chang The Mayflower was headed the Manhattan Island. Back then everything from Main to Georgia was called “Virginia”.
@ScottKent4 жыл бұрын
I've been to Historic Jamestown; it's...well...still there. A reconstructed fort, replicas (full sized) of all 3 ships, and an underfunded park. It's a place where history buffs go, or perhaps a place where parents feel they should take their children. I think the biggest crowds are school groups. The ships are so tiny compared to modern ships and it's hard to believe that they are full sized. Although photographs make the ships look fairly large..in person...when you see them...cross the Atlantic in one of those...nope. Jamestown is not exciting and it lacks the parades or the volume of things to participate in like Colonial Williamsburg or Yorktown...but it still has mosquitoes and it is not the easiest of places to get to still today. It is an informative, educational, and beloved by many place but it's the kind of place that you see once and feel you've pretty much seen all it has to offer.
@deanbeckerley55304 жыл бұрын
He did it on purpose so we'd all comment on it
@moendopi54304 жыл бұрын
This is now one of my favourites of these. I grew up not far from there. That part about Newport makes more sense than the abridged story I was always told growing up. I hadn't realized they had only begun the excavations in 94. I thought that had been ages ago, not when I was I kindergarten!
@charlesmaeger99624 жыл бұрын
Spring is very beautiful in this part of Virginia. The last two weeks of April are blooming wonderful. Cape Henry,where they first landed, is worth the trip. It's where the Chesapeake Bay enters the Atlantic Ocean.
@ignitionfrn22233 жыл бұрын
1:50 - Chapter 1 - Visiting Jamestown 5:20 - Chapter 2 - The birth of the birthplace of americ 12:55 - Mid roll ads 14:15 - Chapter 3 - The starving times 19:45 - Chapter 4 - Why did it almost fail ?
@WileyGunslinger3 жыл бұрын
Love how Simon tends to pass over the fact of slavery in England along with a lot of other European countries.
@jeromecannon80702 жыл бұрын
It’s not exactly passing over the fact, rather, it would be historically inaccurate to seperate “American” from “European” slave ownership as the Americans at this time were European, and the European slave trade was almost entirely founded upon the idea of delivering free labour to aristocratic plantation owners in the colonies (who were also all European). Within Europe itself, cheap or free labour was not an issue due to the perseverance of the serf system, which itself was abolished (at least in the major European hold out, Russia) around the same time in 1861.
@stonnedgunnertv234 жыл бұрын
Very informative on this subject didn't know about the cannabilism and revolving settlers
@markhuston34374 жыл бұрын
Roanoke would make a good geographics too, I like listening to u tell the stories better than anyone else.
@user-bd1lf3hr4p4 жыл бұрын
The "Sea Venture" story inspired also Shakespeare's "The Tempest".
@rubenvanrooyen80064 жыл бұрын
Last time I was this early Virginia was still one colony
@spectreshadow4 жыл бұрын
You mean one state right?
@maggiemae77494 жыл бұрын
@@spectreshadow this was before the revolutionary war. So it was one colony
@NRH1114 жыл бұрын
Last time i was this early virgina still held land claims all the way to modern montana
@ZoeyZoco4 жыл бұрын
I live *NEXTDOOR* to Jamestown settlement! I love seeing people across the world talk about my hometown! ❤️
@kekedemonized86364 жыл бұрын
It was a place of sadness but also a place of new beginnings i went there when i was like 10 or 11
@texasyojimbo4 жыл бұрын
Jamestowne is East of Richmond (on the mouth of the James River near Chesapeake Bay), not West.
@buckeyeman76314 жыл бұрын
this Brit is ignorant, this whole video is rubbish... Jamestown DID FAIL. Period.
@lisamac19864 жыл бұрын
The Dude Simon only reads the things, it’s his team that do the shoddy research.
@buckeyeman76314 жыл бұрын
@@lisamac1986 I don't buy that. If someone lies to me, and I repeat the lie, I am a failure for not doing my own due diligence, so at minimum SImon is intellectually lazy. At minimum.
@marilynguinnane46634 жыл бұрын
@@buckeyeman7631 -- Oh Dude, shame. Mr. Whistler works tirelessly and, in the main, what he and his team offer us is A+ material.
@buckeyeman76314 жыл бұрын
@@marilynguinnane4663 LOL. if you call this A+ material, you must be a clueless Trump fan too. Talk about gaslighting.
@wordsmithgmxch4 жыл бұрын
East! (2:00) Jamestown it 60 mi (100 km) EAST of Richmond.
@lilredredcooper9024 жыл бұрын
I love everything this guy does. I listen to him all day at work.
@BaronessErsatz4 жыл бұрын
Back when I was married and our girls were young, we holidayed in Williamsburg. Fascinating place. Worshipped at Bruton Parish. High-back pews, a churchyard under renovation.....I recommend it.
@storms_lair21234 жыл бұрын
Do one on Constantinople or Istanbul as its known
@316ht24 жыл бұрын
That's nobody's business but the Turks
@storms_lair21234 жыл бұрын
@@316ht2 it's the orthodox christians bonus and everyone who wants to study the roman empire and those beutiful theodosian walls
@spider08044 жыл бұрын
Simon we wear the same glasses I have just realized. Does that mean I am fashionable?
@MarkTulsa20244 жыл бұрын
It was not the "manifest destiny" of the USA to expand across the continent. It was a combination of ruthlessness, desperation, determination and luck which allowed the USA to expand from sea to sea. Manifest destiny was a combination fantasy and lie cooked up to justify the ruthlessness, cruelty and thievery that were required for the people of the USA to claim land that they had not right to other than the right of conquest.
@Waddle644 жыл бұрын
Well it would be very strange for a nation significantly stronger than its neighbourhoods NOT to conquer them, it wasnt "destiny" but virtually inevitable in context of the times.
@PrezVeto3 жыл бұрын
@@Waddle64 We also have no reason to believe things would have unfolded any more nobly had positions been reversed.
@Burgoyne17774 жыл бұрын
I visited the site in the 1980s. We boarded a replica ship, and inspected the stockaded village. It was well-done.
@robertvirginiabeach4 жыл бұрын
The replica ship and replica stockaded village is in an independently operated facility a little west of the actual site. If you visited the site with the brick church tower you visited the original settlement site. That tower was built after the original thatch roofed church. The brick church that's now attached to the tower was an even more recent replica.
@fishingfanaticsuk4 жыл бұрын
What's that hanging off your left cheek? Lol
@Mrgunsngear3 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@jessicahedges60484 жыл бұрын
New video...yay! I really needed a new Geographics video to watch today.
@alwaysdriveing2 жыл бұрын
You should do an accurate episode regarding indentured servanthood. And how some people were indentured for life. And one of the legally approved methods of punishment for people that tried to run away was to be suspended by their thumbs while their feet were burned by torches.
@cuddlesandkafka Жыл бұрын
Simon Whistler doesn't do high accuracy, or he wouldn't propagate the falsehood that Roanoke "mysteriously" disappeared when the Roanoke settlers carved the name of a nearby Algonquin town with better health and civilization to which they had deserted the colony en masse: Croatoan.
@jackwright39964 жыл бұрын
Timeline was all over the place making it a little hard to follow
@buckeyeman76314 жыл бұрын
this video was mostly inaccurate, starting with the premise...IT DID FAIL.
@davonmulder52724 жыл бұрын
Really like the way you talk, It sounds so epic!
@bigemugamer4 жыл бұрын
DUUUUDE!! Watched Ryugyong Hotel and just finished THIS video. Loved this Video, as horrible as it is to hear about Torture, rape, cannibalism, murder and starvation, the inclusion of such facts in these stories really drives home how horrific conditions can be for people who are unprepared for the realization of how life IS as opposed to what we want it to be. I think my gf will find these interesting, please keep them up. Subscribed!! Have watched yo on various videos in the past 6 months or so, but these 2 vids I watched sealed you a subscriber!!
@lordlostalot25764 жыл бұрын
Take Route 5 from Jamestown Williamsburg to Richmond or vice versa. It's a beautiful drive and keeps you off I-64. There is a beautiful public campground near Jamestown named Chickahominy Riverfront Park. It has tent and Rv sites as well as a boat ramp and canoe/kayak rental.
@2iyao2iyao64 жыл бұрын
Can you do Jonestown next? :)
@bubba1324 жыл бұрын
Historians will be shocked to learn - Jamestown didn't fail! Hard to know what would count as failure, since half people that set foot in the place quickly died, and most of the rest left. I guess the height of it's success must have been burning down, since it was plowed over shortly after.
@CORNSiLK4 жыл бұрын
I visited Jamestown a few years ago, in the winter. I would advise waiting for warmer months, but it was a very enjoyable experience. My (then) young cousin got to help water the gardens and try on a chestplate. I plan to return when my nephews are old enough to appreciate it, as we have ancestors who lived there and are interested in the history.
@raoulduke25134 жыл бұрын
Did you get to taste "carbonado'd settler"? It's a delicacy
@connorweston28584 жыл бұрын
I live in Fredericksburg Virginia, about two hours from Jamestown, as a child we took many field trips down to Jamestown and for me it was amazing, they had musket and cannon demonstrations as well as actors to paint a picture of how the settlers lived back in those times
@oddish22534 жыл бұрын
Jamestown: Why Did Britain's Colony Almost Fail?*
@harveyrouen46554 жыл бұрын
Bloody right
@TheDomdabomb4 жыл бұрын
꧂Oddish꧂ England’s colony, the acts of union was not for another 100 years
@mikespearwood39144 жыл бұрын
*England's colony.
@wordsmithgmxch4 жыл бұрын
It's confusing. I know: Man-HAT-tan; but (2:36) POW-a-tan.
@paulcarmi81304 жыл бұрын
Loved that live chat with you this morning Simon!!!!
@SteezyRider4 жыл бұрын
Remarkably, Jamestown is one of the few histories in America that has not been romanticized. It's told pretty straightforward in history classes. (Minus the rape and cannibalism for the younger audiences)
@taco42424 жыл бұрын
Hey Simon, your beard is starting to look very on point. Had to be said.
@DavidGarcia-oi5nt4 жыл бұрын
It's gross
@marilynguinnane46634 жыл бұрын
Mark Gaviglio -- Comment after comment on some freakin' beard, and all these comments are from men. Really weird.
@piercemyers30064 жыл бұрын
I’d like to see one on parris island, sc. we have monuments to French and Spanish settlement and it was a plantation for a while. it is now the basic training location for the USMC.
@geodkyt3 жыл бұрын
I grew up about half an hour away, and have spent quite a bit of time at both the original site and the nearby recreation.
@siddharthtripathi58062 жыл бұрын
Jamestown: home to very bad mosquitoes Sydney: home to world's most poisonous spider Coincidence? I think not.
@thefacelessnarrator4 жыл бұрын
Great video as always, Attenborough of KZfaq! (Shameless self-plug but I also did a video on Jamestown, the stories of cannibalism, and a few other good bits. If anyone is looking for more content on the same topic, feel free to check it out.)
@mustyhadji56222 жыл бұрын
I am a bit confused 300 settlers who surviverd the ship wreck of sea venture, at Bermuda, joined the over 100 already at James town and 60 amongst the all survied. And the settlement survived because of the arrival of 300 survivors from the shipwreck that took sea venture aground. So sets of 300 survivors from shipwreck came to James town?
@teagandreyer19974 жыл бұрын
Could you do videos about Native American history? King Philips War? The Massacre of Wounded Knee? The occupation of Alcatraz? Info of the American Indian Movement? I love your videos and as a future college professor for history I appreciate your wanting to inform people about a wide range of topics!
@hobbs6784 жыл бұрын
@2:00 Jamestown is EAST of Richmond. Simple mistake, but notable. Also would have appreciated more use of native Algonquian terms for the rivers and area. Don't write their perspective out of history now.
@69johndz4 жыл бұрын
The most shocking revelation for me was, how incredibly poor spellers the English were in the early 1600's.
@simonbutterfield48604 жыл бұрын
That was an example of middle English that Geoffrey Chaucer would have written in or are you just joking and I've taken the bait?
@69johndz4 жыл бұрын
@@simonbutterfield4860 Just JK. Oh trust me, my high school English teacher tortured us with The Canterbury Tales too, lol.
@monicacall75323 жыл бұрын
English spelling wasn’t standardized until the 19th century. Before that time spelling was extremely “creative”.
@CranberryEssentialTarot4 жыл бұрын
We were in Jamestown last year and just traversing the (now) island it is easy to see that while it's beautiful it would be a horrible place to locate a colony. It's already such a low-lying area. If there had been any floods they would have been wiped out. And they should have know this if the "naturals" wouldn't live there. It does say much to for the colonists that they didn't disappear completely like Roanoke or return like Popham, but it had to have been a horrible way to live.
@wezacker64824 жыл бұрын
Sooo swampy! I've been visiting Jamestown every 5 or 10 years or so since I first visited as a kid in the 80s. It was just a big empty grass field with only what was left of the newer church building and the John Smith statue there. They told us that whatever was left of the actual James Fort location that hadn't been dug up and destroyed by Confederate Soldiers digging entrenchments in the Civil War had surely been washed away by the James River years ago. Starting in the 90s (if I remember right) they started finding artifacts there, and the site has gotten more and more interesting and informative ever since. I love that you can stand right where these events occurred, and imagine how it may have been. I also remember standing in that boring, empty grass field in the 80s and feeling sad that everything had already been washed away and lost, and how nice it has been to see more and more found, studied and preserved for history ever since!
@jimf19644 жыл бұрын
I love how documentaries like these always talk about the bad things settlers did, which often were In response to natives, but always seem to gloss over what the natives did. They were hard and very different times. Some respect should be given to how fantastically hard life was then compared to now, and how hard people worked and fought to survive.
@lazyfcuker42314 жыл бұрын
As it’s the 75 anniversary of the liberation a video on auschwitz would be interesting 😊
@CallieMasters50004 жыл бұрын
Is that bump on his left side of his forehead getting bigger?
@garretth82244 жыл бұрын
He either hit his head and got a gooseache. Or its most likely a benign cyst.
@youdoofus4 жыл бұрын
also, Jamestown is about 60 miles East (not West) and 20 miles south of Richmond, VA
@TreeFilms14 жыл бұрын
Yeah that place is one big swamp. Where the town is it’s dry land but everything surrounding it is a swamp. There’s a bunch of willow trees there though so that was nice