An Overview of Life in 17th-Century North America

    The 1600s in North America covers a number of European colonial enterprises, including Dutch, French, English, and Spanish interests in the "New World."  Wars of trade and conquest span both sides of the Atlantic, and traditional lifestyles are disrupted by new technologies as well as a growing trans-Atlantic slave trade.

    Note that the Hearth Cooking video has windy background noise, but it's otherwise good.

General information
    American Experience | PBS. "Chapter 1 | The Pilgrims | American Experience | PBS." YouTube. Posted November 19, 2020.
    JYF Museums. "The Jamestown Starving Time of 1609-10." YouTube. Posted January 12, 2022.

Architecture and engineering
    Historic St. Marys City. "Historic St. Mary's City - Woodland Indian Hamlet: Rawhide." YouTube. Posted October 15, 2021.
    JamestownRediscovery. "Archaeology of the Jamestown Church Tower." YouTube. Posted October 1, 2013.
    JamestownRediscovery. "James Fort blacksmith shop and bakery." YouTube. Posted April 28, 2014.
    JYF Museums. "Behind the Scenes | Maintaining Our Recreated, 17th-Century Yehakins." YouTube. Posted September 3, 2021.
    JYF Museums. "JYF Cribs | English House Edition." YouTube. Posted January 16, 2021.
    JYF Museums. "JYF Cribs | James Fort Chicken Coop Edition." YouTube. Posted June 12, 2021.
    JYF Museums. "JYF Cribs | Making a 17th Century English Bed." YouTube. Posted April 1, 2021.

Clothing and fashion
    JYF Museums. "Getting Dressed | Clothing for a 17th Century English Gentleman at Jamestown." YouTube. Posted October 9, 2024.
    JYF Museums. "Getting Dressed | Clothing for a 17th Century Mariner." YouTube. Posted July 29, 2021.
    JYF Museums. "Getting Dressed | Clothing for a 17th Century Powhatan Man in Tsenacommacah." YouTube. Posted September 16, 2021.
    JYF Museums. "Getting Dressed | Making a Powhatan Feather Mantle." YouTube. Posted May 8, 2021.
    JYF Museums. "Going to the Source | Virginia Company Records and Clothing Sent to Virginia." YouTube. Posted June 14, 2023.
    Plimoth Patuxet Museums. "As We Rise: Man Getting Dressed, Winter 1627, Plimoth Colony." YouTube. Posted October 31, 2022.
    Plimoth Patuxet Museums. "As We Rise: Woman Getting Dressed, Winter 1627, Plimoth Colony." YouTube. Posted October 27, 2022.

Economy and trade
    NBC News Learn. "The Navigation Acts." YouTube. Posted May 1, 2020.

Food and drink
    Historic St. Marys City. "Hearth Cooking Virtual Workshop, Winter 2021." YouTube. Posted November 2, 2022.
    JYF Museums. "17th Century English Ale and Beer Brewing." YouTube. Posted January 11, 2023.
    JYF Museums. "Food at Sea." YouTube. Posted November 30, 2022.
    JYF Museums. "Recipe Rewind | How to Make 17th and 18th Century Pancakes." YouTube. Posted February 16, 2021.

Health and medicine
    JYF Museums. "Distilling Rose Water with a 17th Century Alembic." YouTube. Posted August 19, 2021.
    JYF Museums. "Tobacco Cultivation in 17th Century Virginia." YouTube. Posted August 2, 2023.

Literature and language
    JYF Museums. "Titles of Authority in Powhatan Culture." YouTube. Posted January 31, 2024.

Painting and sculpture
    Historic St. Marys City. "Historic St. Mary's City - Woodland Indian Hamlet: Pottery." YouTube. Posted October 18, 2021.
    JamestownRediscovery. "Ceramics have stories to tell: Bartmann jugs at Jamestown." YouTube. Posted December 30, 2017.
    JYF Museums. "Powhatan-Style Pottery | Past and Present." YouTube. Posted September 29, 2022.
    Mayflower 400 UK. "Wampum - Stories from the Shells of Native America." YouTube. Posted July 9, 2021.

Religion and folklore
    French Church du Saint-Esprit. "Unraveling History: The Huguenots' Journey to New England." YouTube. Posted April 18, 2024.
    National Museum of American Religion. "The Roger Williams Story." YouTube. Posted May 30, 2020.
    NBC News Learn. "Quakers." YouTube. Posted May 1, 2020.
    Smithsonian Channel. "The Puritans Were Not Tolerant of Other Religions." YouTube. Posted December 14, 2019.

Travel and transportation
    Historic St. Marys City. "The Maryland Dove at Historic St. Mary's City." YouTube. Posted May 8, 2012.
    JYF Museums. "17th Century Maritime Celestial Navigation." YouTube. Posted April 3, 2024.
    JYF Museums. "JYF Cribs | Susan Constant Edition." YouTube. Posted March 4, 2021.
    JYF Museums. "Maritime Dead Reckoning in the 17th Century." YouTube. Posted May 7, 2022.
    JYF Museums. "Maritime Piloting in the 17th-Century." YouTube. Posted March 9, 2022.
    Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. "Pennsbury Manor: The Mounting Block." YouTube. Posted June 7, 2023.
    Plimoth Patuxet Museums. "The Making of a Mishoon." YouTube. Posted October 5, 2021.

Warfare
    JYF Museums. "Primed and Loaded | 17th Century English Mail Armour." YouTube. Posted April 15, 2021.
    JYF Museums. "Primed and Loaded | Let's Build a 17th Century Cabasset Helmet." YouTube. Posted February 7, 2024.
    JYF Museums. "Primed and Loaded | Soldiers of the Virginia Company." YouTube. Posted February 11, 2021.
    Khan Academy. "Jamestown - Bacon's Rebellion." YouTube. Posted November 28, 2016.
    NBC News Learn. "King Philip's War." YouTube. Posted May 1, 2020.

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