Hello and welcome to a history of the United States, Episode 2, Jamestown, The Voyage. Remember that this

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of Mesoamerican civilizations prior to the Aztecs and is pretty cool. You should go listen.

But enough plugs, James Town. We established last week that the English were the Europeans best suited

for colonizing North America due to their experiences in the 16th century.

They had not yet been successful so far, with settlements such as Roanoke being abandoned by the early settlers.

I have been informed that Roanoke is the correct pronunciation. The E on the end is silent, so it's not

Roanokey. My thanks to listener Mike for being the first of many on the scene. Yet, this would all

change with Jamestown. The fortunes of the English had greatly improved since 1580, as we discussed last week.

And the English desperately wanted to get on with the process of founding a colony.

But, as we discussed last week, they couldn't because of problems with the Spanish.

This would change in 1603.

In 1603, Queen Elizabeth I, the last member of the House of Judah,

would die, and she would be replaced as monarch by her last living relative, James I

6th of Scotland, of the House of Stuart, or, as I keep accidentally calling it, House

Stuart. You don't want to know how many takes it took me to get that right. Damn you, game or, as I keep accidentally calling it, House Stewart.

You don't want to know how many takes it took me to get that right.

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