FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The First Anglo-Powhatan War was fought from 1609 until 1614 and pitted the English settlers at Jamestown against an alliance of Algonquian-speaking Virginia Indians led by Powhatan (Wahunsonacock).
Detailed explanation-2: -“Jamestown has been the story of the birthplace of America, ” said Ashley Atkins Spivey, an anthropologist and member of the Pamunkey tribe, which was among the first Indians the settlers encountered and which now has roughly 400 members.
Detailed explanation-3: -Those living in the area where Jamestown was settled must have had mixed feelings about the arrival of the English in 1607. One of their first reactions was hostility based on their previous experience with Spanish explorers along their coastline. They attacked one of the ships before the English actually landed.