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13
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No.4
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Early Trades at Jamestown |
 The goal of the Virginia Company was to turn North America's natural resources into products that could be exported to England. Early attempts at establishing industry included silk making, glassblowing, wine making, and iron and salt production. Ultimately, what proved most successful in Virginia was tobacco and the fur trade. In this lesson, students examine images related to early manufacturing in Jamestown, looking for the connections among the objects and their relation to the settlement. More |
| "And moreover, we do GRANT and agree... that that the said several Councils of and for the said several Colonies, shall and lawfully may, by Virtue hereof, from time to time... dig, mine, and search for all Manner of Mines of Gold, Silver, and Copper, as well within any Part of their said several Colonies, as of the said main Lands on the Backside of the same Colonies; ... YIELDING therefore to Us, our Heirs and Successors, the fifth Part only of all the same Gold and Silver, and the fifteenth Part of all the same Copper..." The First Charter of Virginia; April 10, 1606 in The Avalon Project, Yale Law School, Lillian Goldman Law Library |
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Announcements Scholarship and grant-matching applications for the Summer 2015 Teacher Institute are due December 31! During a six-day session on location in Colonial Williamsburg and the surrounding area, engage in an interdisciplinary approach to teaching social studies with American history as the focus. Exchange ideas with historians, meet character interpreters and become part of the story in The Revolutionary City. Work collaboratively with Colonial Williamsburg staff and Master Teachers to examine interactive teaching techniques and develop instructional materials that bring history to life in the classroom. Learn More |
