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4 giorni fa · The numerous separate Indian villages shown in the Zuniga Map combined under the rule of Opechancanough, as a result of the pressures of losses from infectious disease and encroachment by the English colonists.
5 giorni fa · Unwilling to tolerate this any longer, the new Sachem Opechancanough (Wahunsenacah’s younger brother) decided to give the English a taste of their own medicine. In a series of raids in March 1622, his warriors killed about 350 colonists, which convinced about 2000 more to return to England.
3 giorni fa · Brothers Wahunsonacock (aka Powhatan) and Opechancanough were members of Virginia's Powhatan Confederacy at the time of the establishment of Jamestown by England. Wahunsonacock was the leading chief of the entire confederacy, and Opechancanough was chief of the Pamunkey tribe.
4 giorni fa · The Pocomoke's unique location, extending between the Chesapeake waters to the Atlantic Ocean, provided resources to make wampum and peake. Made in "belts", wampum-peake was traded with northern and western tribes for copper, stone, and other items.
5 giorni fa · Primary resources, classroom activities, graphic organizers and lesson plans produced by the American Social History Project designed for use in K-12 classrooms.
20 ore fa · Roanoke Colony ( / ˈroʊənoʊk / ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in America. The colony was founded in 1585, but when it was visited by a ship in 1590, the colonists had inexplicably disappeared. It has come to be known as the Lost Colony, and the fate of the 112 to 121 ...
5 giorni fa · In the beginning the Assateague Indians of the Eastern Shore were friendly, but it was not long before their attitude changed, as European newcomers began to covet the lands.
