background for william’s house
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Background for William’s House. Pictures from Jamestown Settlement and the colonists' fort. Arriving in Jamestown Colony by ship . Colonists arrived here in Virginia in 1607. They came from England. Inside the fort. Houses made with thatch roofs. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Background for William’s House
Pictures from Jamestown Settlement and the colonists' fort
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Arriving in Jamestown Colony by ship.Colonists arrived here in Virginia in 1607. They
came from England.
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Inside the fort. Houses made with thatch roofs.
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Thatch – dry vegetation such as straw and water reed used to shed water away from the inner roof.
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Chicken coop and outdoor fire pit.
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Cellars – storing food underground to keep food fresh (substitution for refrigerators in colonial times).
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Inside bedroom of house. Mattresses are made of straw.
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Tobacco crop behind house and the fence around the fort.
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An Anglican church, and drying a deer skin in the sun.
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Wooden pegs used to hang items in the house or barn.