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                  <text>Beyond the toll it took on the nation, the Great Depression helped to shape modern-day America, especially in expanding the role of government in citizens' everyday lives. The circumstances of the Depression spurred President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal initiatives that included the Works Progress Administration, Civilian Conservation Corps, Farm Security Administration, and the Social Security Administration to assist the unemployed, farmers, and the elderly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;World War II helped not only to bring the nation out of the Depression, but also put the United States on the world stage as a superpower. Unlike previous administrations, both Roosevelt and President Harry S. Truman placed the United States on a path to leadership in worldwide conflicts and reform movements. The war changed the role of women as they entered the workforce while American men went to war. Events such as the bombing at Pearl Harbor, liberation of concentration camps, the use of atomic bombs, and the rise of the Soviet Union as a superpower shaped future American foreign policy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Learn more in the &lt;a title="This external link will open in a new window." href="http://www.nchs.ucla.edu/history-standards/us-history-content-standards/united-states-era-8" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;National U.S. History Content Standards&lt;/a&gt;</text>
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              <text>Indigenous peoples, including Virginia Indian tribes, were not considered American citizens even after ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment. Between 1880 and 1920, many tribes established their own schools, as Black citizens did, likely for similar reasons; state and local funding for white schools far outstripped the schools for other children, and Indigenous people were segregated into their own schools. After a 1930 update to the Racial Integrity Act, Indigenous people's identities were erased from state records as officials defined them as "Black" on all state forms. Indigenous schools offered a way to maintain tribal identities in the wake of this discrimination.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This photograph of the Pamunkey Indian School in King William County was taken in 1937 as part of a photographic survey commissioned by the Virginia Department of Education. The school was located on the Pamunkey Indian Reservation, which had been established in 1646 and may be the oldest reservation in North America. The Pamunkey established a school there during the 1880s in a log cabin near the entrance of the reservation. This schoolhouse in this picture was built in 1909. It served children in grades one through seven, and like other Indigenous students across the commonwealth, those wishing to continue their education had to attend boarding schools away from the reservation. All but one of these schools were located outside of Virginia. The Pamunkey School closed in 1948 because of low attendance, and the remaining students were transferred to the Mattaponi Reservation School. The Pamunkey Indian School is now part of the tribal museum on the Pamunkey Reservation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;Citations/For Further Reading:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ashley Craig, "Indigenous Education in Virginia," Uncommonwealth, Library of Virginia, &lt;a href="https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2024/04/17/indigenous-education-in-virginia/"&gt;https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2024/04/17/indigenous-education-in-virginia/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pamunkey Indian Tribe and Reservation, "Cultural Resources," &lt;a href="https://pamunkey.org/cultural-resources#:~:text=According%20to%20a%20Tribal%20Ledger,from%201st%20through%207th%20grade."&gt;https://pamunkey.org/cultural-resources#:~:text=According%20to%20a%20Tribal%20Ledger,from%201st%20through%207th%20grade.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Citation: Pamunkey Schoolhouse Photograph, May 31, 1937; Pamunkey Indian School, Pamunkey Indian Reservation, King William County, School Buildings Service Photograph Collection, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia&lt;/em&gt;</text>
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              <text>William Berkeley (1605–1677) was the longest-serving royal governor of Virginia. He served as a Crown governor (an appointee of the King) between 1642 until 1652 and again from 1660 until his death in 1677. In his late twenties, Berkeley was a part of an exclusive literary circle that orbited the royal family, writing several plays and receiving rich rewards from the monarchy, including a knighthood. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After being appointed Virginia's governor by King Charles in 1642, Berkeley advocated economic diversification and promoted trade between the colonists and Virginia's Indigenous people. He enabled the General Assembly to develop into a mature parliamentary body that legislated in the interests of the plantation owning families who dominated Virginia politics. Berkeley promoted expanding the boundaries of English settlement beyond the colony's frontiers and even did some exploring himself. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Berkeley’s initial governorship ended in 1652, when England’s monarchy fell and was briefly replaced by a republic. He regained the office in 1660 with the restoration of the Stuart monarchy under King Charles II, although the term was marked with disaster. Attempts to diversify the economy had failed, which resulted in higher taxes, and he faced decreasing support from the Crown. Relations with Virginia tribes were strained and attacks on the colony were not uncommon. Berkeley’s haughty demeanor led many colonists to doubt his ability to lead. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tensions came to a head in July 1675 with &lt;a href="https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/bacons-rebellion-1676-1677/"&gt;Bacon’s Rebellion&lt;/a&gt;. Although the rebellion lost traction after &lt;a href="https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/bacon-nathaniel-1647-1676/"&gt;Nathaniel Bacon&lt;/a&gt; died in October 1676, Berkley’s superiors in England were unimpressed and in 1677 a commission was sent to Virginia to remove him from office. Initially reluctant to relinquish his position, he eventually agreed to return to England, hoping that he could persuade King Charles II to reconsider. Berkeley grew ill during the crossing, however, and died on July 9, 1677.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Citation: Montague, Harriotte Lee Taliaferro, 1871-1947. (n.d.) Sir William Berkeley. Special Collections Department, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/berkeley-sir-william-1605-1677/" target="_blank" title="this external link opens in a new window" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Learn more about Sir William Berkeley in his Dictionary of Virginia Biography entry online at Encyclopedia Virginia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</text>
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                  <text>The colonial era in American history is essential in setting the framework for all the eras to follow. Nearly two centuries of colonization on the continent and in the Caribbean provide three distinct groups to study: Europeans, indigenous peoples,  and Africans brought to the colonies as enslaved persons. The varying reasons for departure from Europe set the stage for how different colonies came into being and interacted with each other. Violent conflicts, importation of disease, and dispossession of native lands were all results of Europeans’ interactions with the indigenous populations. The importation of enslaved people also led to an economic structure in some colonies that became, in their minds, reliant on the continued existence of slave labor. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Government structure and political life had distinct characteristics in New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and the South as they groped their way toward mature political institutions. Economics were affected by geographic location and the local natural resources, adding to regional differences, and sometimes, divisions. Religion and politics were often influenced by the European nation who colonized the area – French, Spanish, Dutch, or English. Religion was a defining characteristic of some colonies, as opposed to the economic reasons for which others were established. Ideas of religious freedom, denominationalism, and the Great Awakening all impacted daily life. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Learn more in the &lt;a title="This external link will open in a new window." href="http://www.nchs.ucla.edu/history-standards/us-history-content-standards/united-states-era-2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;National U.S. History Content Standards&lt;/a&gt;.</text>
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              <text>&lt;p&gt;In 17th century Virginia the tense relations between Indigenous nations and white settlers were marked by three series of wars between 1610 and 1646. While there were three separate phases, the root cause of these wars was the same: continued English incursion into Indigenous land and the lack of respect by the English for the Powhatan nation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The first Anglo-Powhatan war began with Chief Powhatan’s response to skirmishes between the allied tributary Tsenacomoco peoples and the English settlers who were trying to force the Indigenous people to support them. In 1609, Chief Powhatan ordered what amounted to a siege of the English fort at Jamestown, which created even more hardship among the English who called this period the “Starving Time.” When English reinforcements arrived, the settlers struck back, burning Powhatan villages and killing women and children. They defeated the Kecoughtans and Nansemonds and captured Powhatan’s daughter Pocahontas in 1613, using her as a hostage to leverage an end to the war.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The second war, fought between 1622 and 1632, erupted when the Tsenacomoco peoples, led by Opechancanough, tried to assert their dominance over the region and contain the growing English settlement. Opechancanough led a series of attacks in March 1622 on the English settlements that had spread outside Jamestown, resulting in the deaths of over a third of English colonists. Violence continued through the next decade as English settlers attacked Indigenous food stores and supplies. A peace agreement was ultimately signed in 1632 that ended the battles but resolved little.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While in his nineties, Opechancanough led a group of Nansemonds and several other tribes in an attack on English outposts over the issue of encroachment, killing 400 colonists in 1644. Although more colonists were killed than in 1622, there were more English settlers in Virginia by this time so the loss did not threaten the colony's survival as a whole. As he did previously, Opechancanough did not follow up with more attacks, perhaps once again believing that the English would retreat. Instead, the English went on the counterattack, which ended with governor Sir William Berkeley’s capture of Opechancanough. A guard killed Opechancanough while he was held prisoner by the English. The weakened confederation sued for peace and the Assembly confirmed a treaty with &lt;span&gt;Opechancanough’s successor &lt;/span&gt;in 1646.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While the English gained the upper hand in these three wars, it came at a cost. This act passed by the House of Burgesses in October 1644 attempted to address how to provide relief for men, presumably militia members, who had been injured during the wars.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Citation: "Act IX, An Act to Care for Those Wounded in Expeditions Against the Indians," William Waller Hening, Statutes at Large of Virginia (1619─1808), Vol. 1, 1619─1660, p.287, Call Number KFV2425.2 1619, Manuscripts &amp;amp; Special Collections, Library of Virginia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/first-anglo-powhatan-war-1609-1614/"&gt;Learn more about the "First Anglo-Powhatan War" online at  Encyclopedia Virginia.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/anglo-powhatan-war-second-1622-1632/"&gt;Learn more about the "Second Anglo-Powhatan War" online at Encyclopedia Virginia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/opechancanough-d-1646/"&gt;Learn more about "Opechancanough" online at Encyclopedia Virginia. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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&lt;p&gt;Using Context Clues: Look at the document and find words which give you clues to the subject of the document. List two or three words which tell you something about the purpose of the document.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Analyze: What can this act tell us about the relationship between the English colonists and the Virginia Indians at the time?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another Perspective: The English colonists wanted their government to provide them with support after being injured in wars fought with Virginia Indians. If you were sympathetic or supported the Virginian Indians, how might you feel about this act? Why would you feel this way?&lt;/p&gt;
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                  <text>&lt;p&gt;The idea of a “Modern United States” begins with the advent of the Progressive era. The Progressive movement focused on reforms viewed as necessary after drastic increases in industrialization, immigration, and urbanization, as well as corruption in the business and political realms. Temperance reached its peak with the 18th Amendment and the decade of Prohibition, while woman suffrage became guaranteed nationally with the 19th Amendment. Other movements that gained traction on a new scale during this era were the labor movement, including the rise of unions, and the Harlem Renaissance. Shifting roles for African Americans migrating to northern cities and unprecendented immigration to America's shores heightened racial and ethnic tensions and led to the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With all of the changes on the home front of America, this era also saw the emergence of the United States as a major world power. The Spanish-American War pitted the U.S. against a European power other than Great Britain for the first time. Not long after, the United States found itself embroiled in World War I, despite strong isolationist tendencies. Along with a large death toll, World War I led to the development of the failed League of Nations, ultimately pushing the United States even further into an isolationist standing that would last for decades. The immediate postwar period of the Prohibition-era “Roaring 20s” saw a domination in politics and economics by big business and its supporters, which would all come crashing down in less than a decade.&lt;/p&gt;
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              <text>&lt;p&gt;Late in the 19th century, some Virginians became interested in preserving historic buildings and landscapes that documented the state's illustrious past. White women led the effort to establish the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (now known as Preservation Virginia) to preserve eighteenth-century buildings in Williamsburg and at the site of the first English settlement at Jamestown. A portion of the land on which Jamestown once stood was donated to the APVA and included the ruins of a church tower constructed in the 17th century. A seawall was built to protect the remnants of the original fort from 1607. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In 1907, Virginia honored the 300th anniversary of the English settlement at Jamestown with an exposition held at Sewell’s Point in Norfolk. Modeled after many national fairs of the era, the Jamestown Ter-centennial Exhibition contained exhibitions, representative buildings of the various state houses, government buildings, restaurants, and an event arcade. African Americans constructed a large building with exhibitions highlighting their contributions to America's past and present. Virginia Indians participated by constructing a village with the intent of reminding the public that they still resided in Virginia, but exposition managers instead required them to re-enact Pocahontas's reputed rescue of Captain John Smith. The exposition was a large undertaking and people considered it very costly at the time. In addition to the tourists who attended, the exposition was visited by dignitaries such as President Theodore Roosevelt and author Mark Twain.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After the 1907 celebrations, the site of Jamestown continued to be the subject of academic and archeological investigation. The area came to national prominence in the 1930s with the creation of Colonial National Historical Park. The site was the center of activity as the United States National Park Service and the Commonwealth of Virginia opened tourist operations in 1957 to coincide with the completion of the Colonial Parkway linking the “historic triangle” locations of Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown.  In 2007, the 400th Anniversary was celebrated at the remodeled and reimagined Jamestown Settlement Living History Museum. Queen Elizabeth II attended the celebrations in both 1957 and 2007 to honor the first English settlement at Jamestown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Organizers designed this invitation to look like an article in a colonial-era newspaper.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Citation: The officers and directors of the Jamestown Exposition request the honor of your presence..., Jamestown, Va., 1907. Broadside 1907 .J3 BOX, Special Collections, Library of Virginia.&lt;/em&gt;</text>
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&lt;p&gt;STEM STAT: A seawall was constructed to protect the Jamestown site in the early 1900s, but recently the site has been deemed to be one of the most endangered historic sites in the United States as erosion, weather, and various building projects along the James River have taken a toll on the local environment. What you suggest the park do to mitigate the ongoing flooding issues at the original Jamestown site? If the flooding issues cannot be resolved, what would you suggest could be done to preserve the historic artifacts yet to be found on the site? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Think About It: The 1907 exposition was held in Norfolk and not at the historic site. Why would this have necessary given the lack of development and location of the area? Consider the available forms of transportation and technology available in 1907.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Artistic Exploration: Look at the invitation to the Exposition. What do you notice about the invitation's wording, capitalization, and use of color? To what extent does this invitation reflect the 17th century, and not the 20th? Why do you think that was a choice for the invitation designers?&lt;/p&gt;
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                  <text>The colonial era in American history is essential in setting the framework for all the eras to follow. Nearly two centuries of colonization on the continent and in the Caribbean provide three distinct groups to study: Europeans, indigenous peoples,  and Africans brought to the colonies as enslaved persons. The varying reasons for departure from Europe set the stage for how different colonies came into being and interacted with each other. Violent conflicts, importation of disease, and dispossession of native lands were all results of Europeans’ interactions with the indigenous populations. The importation of enslaved people also led to an economic structure in some colonies that became, in their minds, reliant on the continued existence of slave labor. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Government structure and political life had distinct characteristics in New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and the South as they groped their way toward mature political institutions. Economics were affected by geographic location and the local natural resources, adding to regional differences, and sometimes, divisions. Religion and politics were often influenced by the European nation who colonized the area – French, Spanish, Dutch, or English. Religion was a defining characteristic of some colonies, as opposed to the economic reasons for which others were established. Ideas of religious freedom, denominationalism, and the Great Awakening all impacted daily life. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Learn more in the &lt;a title="This external link will open in a new window." href="http://www.nchs.ucla.edu/history-standards/us-history-content-standards/united-states-era-2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;National U.S. History Content Standards&lt;/a&gt;.</text>
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              <text>&lt;p&gt;Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, the powerful paramount chief of the Algonquin Indians in eastern Virginia, which the Indigenous Virginians called Tsenacomoco. She was about eleven years old when the English colonists arrived in 1607. Although she had been named Matoaka, she has been best known for four centuries by her nickname Pocahontas. Captain John Smith later credited her as saving his life after he had been captured and taken to Powhatan's home at Werowocomoco, located in what is now Gloucester County. She became a trusted visitor to the English fort at Jamestown, delivering messages and food. She was known for her high spirits and was described as turning cartwheels around the fort with English boys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During the first Anglo-Powhatan War, English colonists kidnapped Pocahontas in April 1613 and held her in captivity for a year. She met John Rolfe, a planter, and agreed to marry him and convert to Christianity. At that time she adopted the English name Rebecca. Their wedding on April 5, 1614, resulted in an interim of general peace in the colony. When the deputy governor sailed for England in 1616 to raise funds for the Virginia Company, Pocahontas went with him along with her husband and infant son and others. While in London she attended balls, plays, and other social events, and was presented to the king. Her family planned to return to Virginia in March 1617, but Pocahontas died before their ship left and was buried on March 21, 1617, in St. George's Church, Gravesend, England. During the 19th century, the story of Pocahontas and how she saved John Smith became legendary in the history of Virginia's founding, while obscuring the life of a courageous young woman who strove to help her people through her actions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This oil painting was done by artist William L. Sheppard in 1891. He stated that he copied an original painting of Pocahontas that was then hanging in the rectory of Booton Parish, in Norfolk, England. It reportedly dated to 1616, but the identity of the original artist and when the original artwork was painted remain unknown. The Virginia State Library purchased this portrait from the artist during the 1890s.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Citation: Pocahontas, ca. 1595-1617, oil on canvas portrait by William Ludwell Sheppard, copied from an earlier original, State Art Collection, Library of Virginia.&lt;/em&gt;</text>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Post Activities&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Be the Journalist: You are a journalist preparing to interview Pocahontas in London. What are the three most important questions you would ask? Why are they important?&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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                  <text>&lt;p&gt;This era is, in large part, a study of the United States as a global power – politically, economically, and militarily. The detente with communist China under President Richard Nixon began a shift from the “Domino Theory” of foreight policy in Asia. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War changed how the United States interacted with Europe. At the same time, interventions increased in our own hemisphere and in the Middle East. Terrorism also became a driving force behind foreign policy.&lt;/p&gt;
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              <text>&lt;p&gt;The annual payment of tribute by Virginia's Indians has been a long-standing practice that still occurs today. In 1646, Necotowance, "the King of the Indians" as the English referred to him, signed a treaty to end the third Anglo-Indian War. Annual payment of tribute to the colonial governor (as the representative of the king) was to be 20 beaver skins "att the goeing away of Geese." The tribute demonstrated that Necotowance and his people were under the dominion of the English king who would provide them protection from other tribes and also from encroaching European settlers. Thirty-one years later, in 1677, Cockacoeske, the weroansqua or chief of the Pamunkey, signed the Treaty of Middle Plantation. That treaty recognized the authority of the colonial government, and also acknowledged property, land use, and hunting rights of the Virginia Indians.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;More than 300 years later, those treaties continue to shape and govern the relationship between the Commonwealth, the state-recognized Virginia Indian tribes, and the federally recognized Virginia Indian tribes. The Mattaponi and Pamunkey represent the original treaty signers and they continue to pay tribute to the Commonwealth's government in a ceremony each November.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This photograph was taken on December 4, 1989. It shows Governor Gerald L. Baliles accepting a tribute of wild turkey from Herman A. Dennis (left) and Tecumseh Deerfoot Cook (right) of the Pamunkey Indian tribe in a ceremony on the steps of the Virginia Executive Mansion in Richmond. On Thanksgiving that year, Baliles hosted the chiefs of Virginia's then eight state-recognized Virginia Indian tribes at a dinner at the Executive Mansion.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Citation: Indian Tribes Pay Tribute Taxes to Governor Baliles, 1989, Visual Studies Collection, Special Collections, Library of Virginia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/treaty-ending-the-third-anglo-powhatan-war-1646/" target="_blank" title="This non-LVA link will open in a new window." rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Read the 1646 treaty online at Encyclopedia Virginia.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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              <text>&lt;p&gt;This photograph shows a deerskin mantle that was believed to have been presented by Paramount Chief Powhatan (whose given name was Wahunsonacock) to Captain Christopher Newport of the Virginia Company in 1608. The mantle is embroidered with shells and depicts a man and two deer. It would have been worn like a cloak or hung on a wall. The amount of detail that went into creating the mantle indicates that its owner would have been considered a person of stature and wealth.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At the time of the arrival of the English colonists in 1607, Powhatan ruled Tsenacomoco, an alliance of about thirty tribes and petty chiefdoms anchored by the Powhatan Indians.  The mantle was part of a ceremony that Newport hoped would improve the strained relationship between colonists and Indigenous Virginians by recognizing Powhatan’s status among the tribes while also showing that he was subordinate to King James I. John Smith warned Newport that Powhatan would not recognize the king's authority over him because he saw himself as a king in his own right. Powhatan refused to travel to Jamestown for the ceremony so Newport and the English traveled to Werowocomoco, the place of Powhatan leadership, along the north side of the York River.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During the ceremony, Powhatan was presented with several gifts including a bedstead and clothing in the English style. In return, he presented Newport with the deerskin mantle and a pair of his old moccasins. When it came time to present Powhatan with his crown, he refused to bend his head so Newport and Smith leaned on his shoulders to force his knees to bend and the crown was placed on his head.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The attempts at alliance failed and relations between the English and the tribes deteriorated. The marriage of Powhatan's daughter Pocahontas to settler John Rolfe in 1614 brought a short period of peace before Powhatan's death in 1618.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The original deerskin mantle presented to Newport is held in the permanent collection of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England. This photograph was part of a collection of  large photograph albums prepared by the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce to display at the Virginia Room at the 1939 World's Fair in New York.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Citation: Virginia New York World's Fair Commission. Deer-skin mantle presented to Captain Christopher Newport by King Powhatan. 1939 World's Fair Photograph Collection, Library of Virginia.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
See the original mantle online at &lt;a href="https://www.ashmolean.org/powhatans-mantle#/" target="_blank" title="This external link opens in a new window." rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;https://www.ashmolean.org/powhatans-mantle#/&lt;/a&gt;</text>
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                  <text>&lt;p&gt;The study of American history begins more than 30,000 years ago with the arrival of the first peoples on the continent. Ancient societies existed in both North and South America, and would interact differently with European colonial powers. While the Vikings forayed onto American soil first, it was the late 15th century Columbian voyages that truly set the stage for the clash of cultures. These conquistadors were met with native populations undergoing their own changes and growth, which would be drastically altered by the arrival of more and more Europeans. The previous years of economic growth, scientific innovation, and religious conflict led to an increase in global exploration, the development of colonial systems in the Americas, and the introduction of enslaved Africans to both continents.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Indigenous peoples were displaced, often by force, as Europeans colonized the continent. Europe developed the first trans-oceanic empires, a system that would continue far past the American Revolution. Economic and commercial growth increased with the introduction of new natural resources and new labor forces. While Western Europe moved away from the idea of slavery and serfdom, these ideas had already taken hold in the American South.&lt;/p&gt;
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              <text>&lt;p&gt;In 1906, Robert Baden-Powell presented this bust of John Smith to the Commonwealth of Virginia. Although best known as the founder of the Boy Scout movement, Baden-Powell was also an artist of considerable skill. The family of Baden-Powell's mother claimed descent from Captain John Smith, with whom Baden-Powell had much in common. Both were military men, authors, and key figures in British colonial affairs. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Captain John Smith was an English explorer who helped establish Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in North America. Smith worked as a soldier of fortune before joining the Virginia Company of London in 1606. He sailed to the New World on the &lt;em&gt;Susan Constant&lt;/em&gt;, one of three ships containing crew and supplies. During this journey Smith was arrested for mutiny by the ship's captain, Christopher Newport. Smith was nearly executed, but was saved by the intercession of a chaplain and the captain of one of the sister ships.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After reaching the Chesapeake Bay in 1607, Smith served as one of the governing councilors for the new colony. The first few months of the colony's existence were extremely difficult, and many of Smith's companions died of illness or in battles with Indigenous residents.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Late in 1607, Smith was captured by the brother of the Powhatan chief. Smith later recorded that he had been rescued from certain death by Powhatan's daughter, Pocahontas, but the accuracy of this account is debated. The event is sometimes interpreted as a ritual ceremony of execution and rescue that served to symbolically make Smith and the English subordinate to Powhatan.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Smith became the president of the council at Jamestown in the fall of 1608. He established trading relations with several Indigenous leaders and put the settlers to work by enforcing his unpopular rule that "he that will not worke shall not eate." While Smith was able to improve conditions, the colonists failed to produce enough food and they were dependent on trade with the nearby Powhatan people. Smith was forced to travel back to England in 1609 after a stray match lit his powder bag and set his clothing aflame, resulting in severe burns. Smith published his &lt;em&gt;Generall Historie of Virginia&lt;/em&gt; in 1624, and it remains an important source for those studying this period of American history.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;em&gt;Citation: Baden-Powell, Robert S. S. John Smith. ca. 1905. Bronze. Virginia State Artwork Collection, Library of Virginia, Visual Studies Collection.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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                  <text>&lt;p&gt;The study of American history begins more than 30,000 years ago with the arrival of the first peoples on the continent. Ancient societies existed in both North and South America, and would interact differently with European colonial powers. While the Vikings forayed onto American soil first, it was the late 15th century Columbian voyages that truly set the stage for the clash of cultures. These conquistadors were met with native populations undergoing their own changes and growth, which would be drastically altered by the arrival of more and more Europeans. The previous years of economic growth, scientific innovation, and religious conflict led to an increase in global exploration, the development of colonial systems in the Americas, and the introduction of enslaved Africans to both continents.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Indigenous peoples were displaced, often by force, as Europeans colonized the continent. Europe developed the first trans-oceanic empires, a system that would continue far past the American Revolution. Economic and commercial growth increased with the introduction of new natural resources and new labor forces. While Western Europe moved away from the idea of slavery and serfdom, these ideas had already taken hold in the American South.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; Learn more in the &lt;a title="This external link will open in a new window." href="http://www.nchs.ucla.edu/history-standards/us-history-content-standards/united-states-era-1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;National U.S. History Content Standards&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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              <text>&lt;p&gt;This map is attributed to &lt;a href="https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/smith-john-bap-1580-1631/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Captain John Smith&lt;/a&gt; (1580–1631) and is one of the earliest representations of Virginia. Smith began a three-month exploration of the Chesapeake Bay and its adjacent waterways in June 1608. He interacted with Indigenous peoples and relied on them for information about the region, including areas that he did not visit. The names and locations of Indigenous tribes living in the tidewater region they called Tsenacomoco (the Powhatan paramount chiefdom) are included on the map, thereby preserving Indigenous knowledge of the land and the people living there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Smith intended the map to build interest and support for the Virginia Company's settlement of the colony and the search for exploitable resources for financial gain. While his exploring party never found gold, the lost colony of Roanoke, or a passage to the Pacific Ocean, he did gather enough information to produce a map that accurately delineated the Chesapeake Bay and the tidewater region of Virginia, one of the earliest maps to do so. The map shows the Chesapeake Bay and four major rivers: the Powhatan, Pamunk, Tappahannock, and Patowomec, as they were named by the Indigenous peoples. The English renamed the rivers as the James, York, Rappahannock, and Potomac, respectively. Vignettes on the outside of the map include an illustration of Paramount Chief Powhatan in his lodge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In November 1608, Smith sent several documents to England, including a “Mappe of the bayes and rivers.” In 1611, he engaged William Hole to engrave the map of Virginia to accompany his pamphlet entitled &lt;em&gt;A Map of Virginia. With a Description of the Countrey, the Commodities, People, Government and Religion&lt;/em&gt; (1612). Smith's map was the most accurate and detailed map of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic coastline produced in Europe until 1673. It was the source for virtually all printed maps of Virginia for more than sixty years and is considered to be one of the most significant maps of colonial America.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To learn more about the map from the perspective of Virginia Indian tribes, &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/HJ3zkwEwpwg?si=5QNWSkxDEhfZlmSt" target="_blank" title="this link opens in a new tab" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;watch this video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (4:23 min.) on Indigenous Reflections on Smith's Map and the Recovery of Tribal Pasts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Citation: Virginia / Discovered and Discribed by Captayn John Smith 1606; Graven by William Hole. G3880 1624 .S5 Voorhees Collection, Library of Virginia.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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              <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Preview Activity&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Look at it: What geographic area is shown on the map? What features on the map are different from maps we use today? What do you notice about the map's orientation? Why might John Smith have presented the map in that way?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Post Activities&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;STEM Stat: English explorers like John Smith did not have much information about the land they named Virginia. What is included in this map? What kinds of things are drawn in detail? What is missing from this map? What can the map tell us and what can it not tell us about this time period?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Analyze: How would this map be useful for people seeking to travel to Virginia or invest in new colonies?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Food For Thought: If you were to draw a map of a place you had never visited, how would you gather information about that place? What would you do differently if you were to draw a map of your home town or city? What would you include and think is important enough to point out to people unfamiliar with the area?&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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