Colonialism and the Europeanization of America

The clip below is from the noted History Channel series called "In Search Of" and narrated by the famous Leonard Nimoy (the first Mr. Spock for you younger trekies). It is speculative and overly dramatic, but it paints a broad outline of the mysterious Roanoke colony. Although this brief documentary places the settlement on the wrong bank of the James River, it gives an overview of the earliest years of Jamestown. From "America the Story of Us," this clip focuses on the importance of John Rolfe and tobacco in early Virginia. Later it examinies the establishment of the New England colonies.