https://padlet.com/3039011/h04kiyv9txn7 Made with a bold sensibility en-us 2017-08-25 18:54:19 UTC 2025-03-19 00:51:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Prizecup.png 3039011 https://padlet.com/3039011/h04kiyv9txn7/wish/182884754 The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. William Kelso writes that Jamestown "is where the British Empire began". ]]> 2017-08-25 18:56:14 UTC https://padlet.com/3039011/h04kiyv9txn7/wish/182884754 3039011 https://padlet.com/3039011/h04kiyv9txn7/wish/183146922 Captain John Smith, Admiral of New England, was an English soldier, explorer, and author. He was knighted for his services to Sigismund Báthory, Prince of Transylvania, and his friend Mózes Székely. ]]> 2017-08-28 15:30:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3039011/h04kiyv9txn7/wish/183146922 3039011 https://padlet.com/3039011/h04kiyv9txn7/wish/183163005 Pocahontas was a Native American woman notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia.]]> 2017-08-28 16:15:42 UTC https://padlet.com/3039011/h04kiyv9txn7/wish/183163005 3039011 https://padlet.com/3039011/h04kiyv9txn7/wish/183163298 Indentured servants were men and women who signed a contract (also known as an indenture or a covenant) by which they agreed to work for a certain number of years in exchange for transportation to Virginia and, once they arrived, food, clothing, and shelter.]]> 2017-08-28 16:17:04 UTC https://padlet.com/3039011/h04kiyv9txn7/wish/183163298 3039011 https://padlet.com/3039011/h04kiyv9txn7/wish/183309441 Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.]]> 2017-08-29 05:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/3039011/h04kiyv9txn7/wish/183309441 3039011 https://padlet.com/3039011/h04kiyv9txn7/wish/183309523 The Maryland Toleration Act, also known as the Act concerning Religion, was a law mandating religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians.]]> 2017-08-29 05:22:13 UTC https://padlet.com/3039011/h04kiyv9txn7/wish/183309523 3039011 https://padlet.com/3039011/h04kiyv9txn7/wish/183309640 Olaudah Equiano, known in his lifetime as Gustavus Vassa, was a prominent African in London, a freed slave who supported the British movement to end the slave trade.]]> 2017-08-29 05:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/3039011/h04kiyv9txn7/wish/183309640 3039011 https://padlet.com/3039011/h04kiyv9txn7/wish/183309714 Slaves codes were state laws established to determine the status of slaves and the rights of their owners.]]> 2017-08-29 05:24:57 UTC https://padlet.com/3039011/h04kiyv9txn7/wish/183309714