Charles River Editors
ASIN: B00X1JYYNQ
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 64
*Includes pictures*Includes historic accounts describing the colonial era city*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents"That the future may learn from the past." – The motto of Colonial Williamsburg Along with Jamestown and Yorktown, Colonial Williamsburg is known today as part of the Historic Triangle of Virginia, but all three of these old Virginian sites are known for vastly different reasons. While Yorktown was the scene of the final climactic battle of the American Revolution and Jamestown is remembered for being the first English settlement to survive in Virginia, Colonial Williamsburg is now best known as a bridge to the past. Williamsburg got its start as a fortified site, which was vitally necessary for English settlers to heavily outnumbered by nearby Native Americans, many of which were at times hostile. Known originally as ...