Road to Revolution Lecture Series: First Steps

Road to Revolution Lecture Series: First Steps

Part 1: “The Assembly of 1619”

Jamestown Public Historian Mark Summers will discuss the First Assembly of Virginia which met from July 30-August 4, 1619. This lecture will examine the ways the assembly was both radical for the time and protected the interests of the Virginia elite. These contradictions will influence Virginia politics in the 18th century.

The Road to Revolution lecture series is a 4-part program that explores how events at Jamestown influenced the founding fathers as they created a new nation, built on the foundation of democracy and rule of law established at Virginia’s first colonial capital.