virginia company of london sent the first english settlers to jamestown.
virginia company of london sent the first english settlers to jamestown.
who sent the first english settlers to jamestown?
virginia company of london
also included were the first non-english settlers. the company recruited these as skilled craftsmen and industry specialists: soap-ash, glass, lumber milling (wainscot, clapboard, and 'deal' — planks, especially soft wood planks) and naval stores (pitch, turpentine, and tar). among these additional settlers were eight "dutch-men" (consisting of unnamed craftsmen and three who were probably the wood-mill-men — adam, franz and samuel) "dutch-men" (probably meaning german or german-speakers), polish and slovak craftsmen, who had been hired by the virginia company of london's leaders to help develop and manufacture profitable export products. there has been debate about the nationality of the specific craftsmen, and both the germans and poles claim the glassmaker for one of their own, but the evidence is insufficient. ethnicity is further complicated by the fact that the german minority in royal prussia lived under polish control during this period. originally, the colony's polish craftsmen were barred from participating in the elections, but after the craftsmen refused to work, colonial leadership agreed to enfranchise them. these workers staged the first recorded strike in colonial america for the right to vote in the colony's 1619 election.
history of jamestown, virginia (1607–99)
jamestown is a british drama television series, written by bill gallagher and produced by carnival films, an nbc universal international television production company, the makers of "downton abbey". set in 1619, "jamestown" follows the first english settlers as they establish a community in the new world. among those landing onshore are a group of women destined to be married to the men of jamestown, including three spirited women from england. the series premiered on sky one in the united kingdom in may 2017. sky ordered a second series of "jamestown" in may 2017, before the premiere of the first series. series 2 aired from february 2018. the renewal of jamestown for a third and final series was announced by sky one on 23 march 2018.
jamestown (tv series)