Hello and welcome to a history of the United States, Episode 12, PowerTan Uprising.

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Special thanks this week to our newest pioneer, listener Gareth,

and also to everybody who sent me congratulations over the past few days.

I mentioned back in the pilot episode that I have an MA in classics and ancient history,

a master's degree. And I do. I finished in the summer, but I've only just got back my results,

my degree classification, and I found out on Monday about an hour after I finished recording

the episode that I got a distinction,

which is the top grade. It means 70% plus, and it's the equivalent of a first class degree

at undergraduate. So I've received a ton of congratulations from you guys, and thank you so

much. It means a lot.

But enough about me. Last time out was a departure from the norm, as we broke out of the narrative

to discuss social history. What was life like for the early colonists in Virginia, circa 1620?

It seems from the reception that I've got that you guys quite like this style, that you

enjoyed the episode, which is good, so we'll be doing more stuff like that in the future.

Though now that we've discussed it for the 1620s, I want to get back to the narrative this time

out, and talk about what I had intended to cover last time, the 1622 Powhatan uprising.

Virginia had been at peace since 1614, and the between John Rolfe and Pocahontas.

This had allowed the English to have food. They could properly explore the continent,

and, as we've seen over the past few episodes, the driving force of tobacco was leading to

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