Historical And Miscellaneous Questions: From the 84th London Ed. With Large ...
Historical And Miscellaneous Questions: From the 84th London Ed. With Large ...
Richmal Mangnall
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New- port, and were four months in making the voyage. What ' land did they first discover ? A promontory which they called Cape Henry, the southern boundary of Chesapeake Bay ; and keeping along the southern shore, they sailed up a river called by the natives Powhattan, to which they gave the name of James river. What was their first step ? They built a fort and commenced a town, to which, in honor of Bang James, they gave the name of Jamestown, which, although it has never become a place of mu...ch importance, boasts of being the first permanent English settlement in America. How was the col- ony governed ? By a council of seven persons, with a president shosen from among their number, their form of government having been drawn up by King James. Whom did they choose for their first president ? Edward Wingfield, the most unsuit- able among them ; Capt. John Smith, the man appointed by the king, having been excluded by envy from even having a seat in the council. How did the colonists prosper ?
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