Crash course US history. When is Thanksgiving colonizing America.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Green, John, on-screen presenter.

Knowledgemotion Ltd., film distributor.

Crash Course US History, publisher. .

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tobacco--United States.

Tobacco.

United States--History--Colonial period,ca.1600-1775.

United States.

Massachusetts--History--New Plymouth, 1620-1691.

Massachusetts.

Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Virginia.

Maryland--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Maryland.

Genre:

Educational films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (12 minutes)

Other Title:

When is Thanksgiving colonizing America

Crash course United States history

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Crash Course US History, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

In which John Green teaches you about the (English) colonies in what is now the United States. He covers the first permanent English colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the various theocracies in Massachusetts, the feudal kingdom in Maryland, and even a bit about the spooky lost colony at Roanoke Island. What were the English doing in America, anyway? Lots of stuff. In Virginia, the colonists were largely there to make money. In Maryland, the idea was to create a a colony for Catholics who wanted to be serfs of the Lords Baltimore. In Massachusetts, the Pilgrims and Puritans came to America to find a place where they could freely persecute those who didn't share their beliefs. But there was a healthy profit motive in Massachusetts as well. Profits were thin at first, and so were the colonists. Trouble growing food and trouble with the natives kept the early colonies from success. Before long though, the colonists started cultivating tobacco, which was a win for everyone involved if you ignore the lung cancer angle.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed March 30, 2022).

OCLC:

1309919303