SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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A Virginia colonist killed a Powhatan leader.
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Englishman John Rolfe married Pocahantas, a Powhatan leader’s daughter.
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Nathaniel Bacon led angry colonists in burning American Indian villages.
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The English Crown canceled the London Company’s charter.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Definition. The Indian Massacre of 1622 was an attack on the settlements of the Virginia Colony by the tribes of the Powhatan Confederacy under their leader Opchanacanough (l. 1554-1646) and his brother Opitchapam (d. c. 1630) resulting in the deaths of 347 colonists.
Detailed explanation-2: -In October 1646 the General Assembly of Virginia signed a peace treaty with Necotowance, Chief of the “Indians", which brought the Third Anglo-Powhatan War to an end. In the treaty, the tribes of the Confederacy became tributaries to the King of England, paying a yearly tribute to the Virginia governor.
Detailed explanation-3: -Chief Opechancanough led the Powhatan Confederacy in a coordinated series of surprise attacks, and they killed a total of 347 people, a quarter of the population of the Virginia colony. Indian massacre of 1622, depicted as a woodcut by Matthäus Merian, 1628.
Detailed explanation-4: -The “Peace of Pocahontas” ended the first Anglo-Powhatan War. In 1614, the Virginia Company sent Pocahontas, John Rolfe, and their son Thomas Rolfe to England for a marketing tour.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Powhatan Confederacy was a union of at least 30 Algonquin-speaking tribes created by Chief Powhatan in the 17th century. After initially living in uneasy peace with the first American colonists, Powhatan died, and this led to a decline in relations and violent clashes that brought about the end of the confederacy.