This week we once again break out of the narrative to talk about Virginia's increasing political sophistication across the 1620s and 1630s.

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Folge vom 20.11.2015Episode 13 - The New Aristocracy
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Folge vom 18.11.2015Episode 12 - Powhatan UprisingThis week we return to the narrative (after a quick word about my MA results). After 8 years of English oppression, the Powhatans have enough and launch a war, meanwhile in London the Virginia Company collapses due to sheer incompetence.
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Folge vom 16.11.2015Episode 11 - Introduction to Social HistoryThis week we delve into social history for the first time this series. As the title suggests, we introduce a few elements which will be important as time develops, such as the introduction of slavery to Virginia and growing inequality. In short, we cover how miserable life was for your average Virginian.
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Folge vom 12.11.2015Episode 10 - The Kidnapping of PocahontasThis week the English decide to kidnapping the Powhatan princess, Pocahontas. We also cover the state of the colony in the 1610s, Pocahontas' trip to England in 1616, the early growth of the tobacco industry (tomacco references aplenty) and look at the creation of the first democratic American institution, Virginia's House of Burgesses.