. The story of American democracy, political and industrial . hern Virginia. The 104 colonists reached theChesapeake in the spring of 1607, and planted Jamestown onthe banks of a pleasant river flowing into the south side ofthe Bay. They chose this site some thirty miles up thestream to avoid Spanish attack from the sea. For someyears this was the only regular settlement. Jamestoivn urns a great plantationy The company ofstockholders in England were proprietors. They directed THE PLANTATION AT JAMESTOWN 25 the enterprise, selected settlers, appointed officers, furnishedtransportation and suppl
. The story of American democracy, political and industrial . hern Virginia. The 104 colonists reached theChesapeake in the spring of 1607, and planted Jamestown onthe banks of a pleasant river flowing into the south side ofthe Bay. They chose this site some thirty miles up thestream to avoid Spanish attack from the sea. For someyears this was the only regular settlement. Jamestoivn urns a great plantationy The company ofstockholders in England were proprietors. They directed THE PLANTATION AT JAMESTOWN 25 the enterprise, selected settlers, appointed officers, furnishedtransportation and supplies and capital — much like a lumbercompany in New York or Minneapolis that sends a pianta-its woodsmen into our Northern woods. The col- tion colony onists were employees and servants. They did the work, —cleared forests, built rude forts and towns, and raised crops,— facing disease, famine, and savage warfare. The manag-ing Council at Jamestown were not so much political rulers ADcclararion forthe certaine time of drawing the great ftandlng : 16 dppartnt co iIk ttoiiu. bv tjsBi B VVcK i fflr&OqcDUCtllstOllJUf&MUHlffmC^.}^^^^^ i^?->i W> *Stcatflaniling iwimtlwiobc v r,i in,.i;i _ S%3 Vr^ f01fH!;lWlIthl,Cltfal]uig(m,16 t)„>. Ita^ !wrs:?KyUafftolca:if Hcnwr&s btf^ C(ww^-ElIlK1mo.•co:Itl^rth^Uo^frTWlua^aUm( :f. ^ ifliauhaurabuiof ^oiKiuurrtD r-^ui^^. foulifiiKri ci™.,oEinl«s>f>««! JlhalimfrtcoftlianConiVii 1 sluufhispanmaanOa unoil)np:(iiiIslirrtafictcimma f mliajincwt artoioiuirio li» jtninuurc of ilWluc S|»im05 trn § wWocuaisbclmHttU
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