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The Anglo–Powhatan Wars were three wars fought between settlers of the Colony of Virginia and the Powhatan People of Tsenacommacah in the early 17th century. The first war started in 1609 and ended in a peace settlement in 1614. [1] The second war lasted from 1622 to 1632.
This was the First Anglo-Powhatan War. A group of colonists led by Samuel Argall captured Pocahontas, the daughter of Powhatan, and held her hostage until he would agree to their demands. The colonists "demanded that all Powhatan captives be released, return all English weapons taken by his warriors, and agree upon a lasting peace". [6]
Anglo-Powhatan Wars (1610–46) English colonists Powhatan Confederacy Treaty of Middle Plantation; Pequot War (1636–38) Massachusetts Bay Colony Plymouth Colony Saybrook Colony Connecticut Colony Mohegan Narragansett: Pequot: Pequot defeated; Treaty of Hartford; Beaver Wars (1642–98) Iroquois England Dutch Republic: Huron Erie Neutral ...
1758–1761 Anglo-Cherokee War; 1763 Pontiac's Rebellion; 1774 Dunmore's War; 1776-1795 Cherokee-American wars; 1785–1795 Northwest Indian War; Tecumseh's War 1811-1813 Print shows Battle of Tippecanoe in Battle Ground Indiana where the U.S Army defeated warriors of Tecumseh's Confederacy. Part of Tecumseh's War against the United States.
Opechancanough led the Powhatan in the second and third Anglo-Powhatan Wars, including the Indian massacre of 1622. In 1646, the aged Opechancanough was captured by English colonists and taken to Jamestown , where he was killed by a settler assigned to guard him.
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The Second Anglo–Powhatan War that followed the 1644 incident ended in 1646 after Royal Governor of Virginia William Berkeley's forces captured Opechancanough, thought to be between 90 and 100 years old. While a prisoner, Opechancanough was killed, shot in the back by a soldier assigned to guard him.
Beginning of Third Anglo-Powhatan War: Virginia: Powhatan (Pamunkey) killed more than 400 English settlers throughout the Virginia colony, about 4 percent of the English population of the Jamestown colony, in a second effort to push the English out of Virginia. 400+ (English) [37] 1644: March: Pound Ridge Massacre: New York