Clues to Our Past

Sadly, several of the townspeople are dead.

John Adams looked for …. 1.Evidence or proof 2.Talked to people about what they saw

After all this, he realized none of the witnesses told the same story. Calef – “I heard and saw the British officer say Fire!” Hickling- “ I was within a yard of him and must have heard him had he spoken it.”

They look at evidence and stories.

If people are related, they will spin the story in a way that makes a person innocent.

Some sources survive and can be found in books or collections of records

There was some evidence that tobacco made them lots of money. Most people came for money and hoped to return to England, their homeland, after making their fortune. Records showed that people could get rich in one year, and they could go home. So, they’d rather grow tobacco and sell it than to grow corn to feed themselves.

Oral History By speaking Storytelling Poems Myths Stories- novels Paintings Tools Furniture Artifacts Historians found very few chairs in the 1600s because of the harsh conditions of Virginia.

Why Study History? Why?

Sometimes when we read about others it’s hard to understand them. Historians look at all sources of information to help understand about people of the past.

Her face might seem familiar Her jewelry may look familiar

People living in the other times and places have fun the same way you do. History was made by people who felt the same way you do.

After the fires, there was so much for people to learn. Education took place.