SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SETTLEMENT OF JAMESTOWN COLONY
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Tensions increased as colonists pushed the Powhatan from their land.
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Indians and settlers did not agree on trade routes.
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Indians and colonists were able to work alongside each other.
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Powhatan punished all colonists by blocking trade routes.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Native Americans had a mighty culture when the English arrived 400 years ago. Soon after, there was conflict. JAMESTOWN, Va.-The powerful American Indian chief, known as Powhatan, had refused the English settlers’ demands to return stolen guns and swords at Jamestown, Va., so the English retaliated.
Detailed explanation-2: -As the colonists grew stronger they began to put pressure on the Powhatan’s for more land. This was one reason why warfare erupted between the two cultures in two major conflicts in 1622 and 1644.
Detailed explanation-3: -But between 1622 and the late 19th century, a series of wars and skirmishes known as the Indian Wars took place between American-Indians and European settlers, mainly over land control.
Detailed explanation-4: -After the English arrived in Virginia in 1607, they struggled to survive through terrible drought and cold winters. Unable to adequately provide for themselves, they pressured the Indians of Tsenacomoco for relief, which led to a series of conflicts along the James River that intensified in the autumn of 1609.
Detailed explanation-5: -From its beginning, the colony struggled to maintain a food supply. Trade relations with the Virginia Indian tribes were strained because a severe seven-year drought stressed food supplies for everyone in the region.