Colonial Virginia
When Christopher Columbus set sail to find a better route to India, he landed on an island in the Caribbean Sea in 1492. When the news of a new world spread, many people were eager to find out more. Around 1600, England sent three ships on a voyage to the new world. Their destination ended up being what became Jamestown, Virginia. This settlement was the trial run for the other Englishmen that would soon come to join in the exploration of the New World. Colonial Virginia later played a crucial role in the growth of the American Colonies, and later became the birthplace of American Democracy which is the government system that we still use today.
My passion for history extends much farther than just American History, however, the amount of history that does grow from colonies is spectacular. This blog will target U.S. History students in middle school, specifically 8th grade. Colonial Virginia hosts a rich amount of American history. Jamestown became the first English settlement of the New World. Those that settled here went through both great struggles and triumphs. I believe that learning the history of your home country or even the world is very important. It gives the people today more insight of how the world works based on the lessons that history has taught us in the past.
The video below is a great explanation of the journey to the new world but the English settlers, and how and why Jamestown was chosen to be the first settlement.
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