. Book of the Royal blue . at makes for close political connection, effected in America the men of Jamestownhad established not one village but several;they had built churches, had given inmarriage, had established courts and triedthe accused by juries. They had begun acommercial existenceas an exporting people,and they had convened a legislative assemblywhose members were elected by popularsuffrage and whose duties were to pass alllaws governing the colony. Rightly to appreciate the achievementsof Jamestowns pioneers it is necessary toreview the history of the days interveningbetween UiOT and
. Book of the Royal blue . at makes for close political connection, effected in America the men of Jamestownhad established not one village but several;they had built churches, had given inmarriage, had established courts and triedthe accused by juries. They had begun acommercial existenceas an exporting people,and they had convened a legislative assemblywhose members were elected by popularsuffrage and whose duties were to pass alllaws governing the colony. Rightly to appreciate the achievementsof Jamestowns pioneers it is necessary toreview the history of the days interveningbetween UiOT and liili*. America, whichhad been a treasure mine of Spain, hadlong been eagerly eyed by another greatpower, England, and after the victory overSpains great fleet, the Invincible Armada,the thoughts of England were turned morestrenuously westward. It is necessary togo back a few years before 1607 that thebeginning of the movement mav be Sir Walter Raleigh obtained acharter for the colonization of \irginia and. CONFEUJiRATE BRK.\STW()UKS OS .r.^MESTOWN EXPOSITION deep patriotism and intense pride in father-land. The geneses of all the older nationsare shrouded in obs3urity, adorned withfable. The great .\merican republic tracesits beginning to a definite spot where eventshappened and deeds were done as thril-ling and impressive as any that mark thepages of poesy or mythology. Before a second settlement was he sent his two captains, .\madas andBarlowe, to explore the coast and chartthe rivers flowing into the sea. After theirreturn Raleigh dispatched the first set ofcolonists under Sir Ralph Lane. This partyremained a year in the new land, but madeno progress toward a permanent of them died from fever or werekilled by Indians, and Sir Francis Drake,admiral, brought back the survivors in 4 THREE HUNDRED YEARS OE ENGLISH-SPEAKIXG PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Tlie next year and five years later similarexpeditions started and similarly fa
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