In which John Green teaches you about relations between the early English colonists and the Native people they encountered in the New World. In short, these relations were poor. As soon as they arrived, the English were in conflict with the native people. At Jamestown, Captain John Smith briefly managed to get the colony on pretty solid footing with the local tribes, but it didn’t last, and a long series of wars with the natives ensued. This pattern would continue in US history, with settlers pushing into native lands and pushing the inhabitants further west. In this episode, you’ll learn about Wahunsunacawh (who the English called Powhatan), his daughter Pocahontas, King Philip’s (aka Metacom) War, and the Mystic Massacre. By and large, the history of the Natives and the English was not a happy one, even Thanksgiving wasn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Hey teachers and students – Check out CommonLit’s free collection of reading passages and curriculum resources to learn more about the events of this episode. The English tried and failed for a decade to establish a foothold in the New World in Native territory, leading to the lost colony of Roanoke: https://www.commonlit.org/texts/settling-a-new-world-the-lost-colony-of-roanoke-island
When Jamestown was finally established in Virginia in 1607, the local Powhatan tribes sought friendly relations with the settlers, which quickly deteriorated: https://www.commonlit.org/texts/chief-powhatan-s-address-to-captain-john-smith
Chapters:
Introduction 00:00
Native Americans’ Relationship to English Settlers 0:28
Trade Between Europeans and Natives 1:36
Pochahontas 2:23
Conflict, Uprisings, and the Failure of the Virginia Company 3:10
The Puritans’ Relationship with Native Americans 4:21
The Pequot War 5:45
King Phillip’s War 6:35
Mystery Document 8:24
How Native Americans Resisted Colonization 9:49
Credits 10:54
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Hey John I love your history videos. I'm wondering, how did all of these misconceptions about our history come about? I know that history is written by the "winner", but if you can find information today that shows that these misconceptions are wrong, it seems like both sides wrote.
I'll see you in person.
The shock pen is fake right?.
brilliant
I love how he explain the French and Indian war between the native Americans and the British
crazy how most of the horrible in history are all from a government's decision, more specifically the English government. maybe a little Russian Roulette instead of the pen next time would be cool thanks
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Dude….. you look very comfortable in your little English world!
King Phillip
shoutout to people doing online classes and most likely watching this
Ummmmm…. I live in Hampton VA… we say POWHATAN, (POWAH TAN!)🤷🏾♂️
that college girlfrend looks kinda like erica goldberg from the goldbergs in her early highschool years
still helpful 9 years later
the savior of apush
“Stupid disease always deciding the course of history” hits harder in 2022
BUY-CURIOUS I'M DYING
Im watching this as part of my college course .
I'm teaching 5th graders (10 year olds) for the first time ever. Is this too heavy and gruesome to show them?? We are learning about the indigenous people of America and I don't want to sugarcoat things, but I also don't want to traumatize anyone. Haha.
First to comment in two years
ok so… semi-seriousquestion… did J Smith advocate for natives in order to get laid? Or was getting native trim just a result of said advocacy?
Go away disease
Goddamn disease.
You make history interesting. Terribly depressing, but very interesting!
Man, that intro music is obnoxious and unnecessary.
he sounds to happy
NOBODY GIVES A DAMN ABOUT YOUR APUSH EXAM CRAMMING