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Guardians of Jamestown: 1619
Influence of Tobacco on Jamestown
Tobacco was Jamestown's most successful cash crop.
Prologue
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.
Prologue
Season 1 Episode 2 | 4m 39s
While visiting Historic Jamestowne with her father, young Safiri is swept up into a time-traveling adventure! With the help of the Time Guardian, Safiri must locate and save artifacts from 1619, ensuring that they are found by archaeologists in the present!
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