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Guardians of Jamestown: 1619
Arrival of the First Africans
The legacy of the first Africans in Jamestown cannot be overestimated.
First Representative Legislative Assembly
2019 marks the 400th anniversary of the first representative legislative assembly in the New World. Examine this, and other 1619 events, including the arrival of the first recorded Africans to English North America, the recruitment of significant numbers of English women, the first official English Thanksgiving in North America, and the entrepreneurial and innovative spirit of the Virginia Colony.
First Representative Legislative Assembly
Season 1 Episode 7 | 7m 1s
As Jamestown’s population grew, so did the government. The first legislative assembly gathered elected officials together to decide on the laws that would govern the colony.
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