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  2. Anglo-Powhatan Wars - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Indian massacre of 1622 - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. List of conflicts in British America - Wikipedia

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    1609–1613 First Anglo–Powhatan War; 1622 Jamestown Massacre in which English settlers are attacked by Indians of the Powhatan Confederacy in Jamestown Colony in Virginia; 1625: Battle of San Juan; 1637 Pequot War in New England: Mystic massacre, Fairfield Swamp Fight; 1637 Kent Island Rebellion in Maryland [2] [3]

  5. Pocahontas - Wikipedia

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    Pocahontas' capture occurred in the context of the First Anglo-Powhatan War, a conflict between the Jamestown settlers and the Natives which began late in the summer of 1609. [30] In the first years of war, the colonists took control of the James River, both at its mouth and at the falls.

  6. John Ingram (revolutionary) - Wikipedia

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    The first of the Anglo-Powhatan Wars occurred from 1610 to 1614, starting after a raid from the Virginian settlers killed dozens of Powhatan. In 1622, the second Anglo-Powhatan War broke out when the Powhatan attacked Jamestown and killed 347 settlers, roughly 30% of the settlement's population at the time.

  7. History of Jamestown, Virginia (1607–1699) - Wikipedia

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    The Anglo-Powhatan Wars were three wars fought between English settlers of the Virginia Colony, and Indians of the Powhatan Confederacy in the early seventeenth century. The First War started in 1610, and ended in a peace settlement in 1614.

  8. Nemattanew - Wikipedia

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    Nemattanew first appears in English colonial records in 1611, when George Percy mentioned "Munetute" as being sent by paramount chief Wahunsunacawh to lead resistance to the colonists' expansion in the upper James River region. This was when Henricus was founded, during the course of the First Anglo-Powhatan War.

  9. Timeline of Richmond, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    1610–1614 – First Anglo-Powhatan War resulting in a seven-year "Peace of Pocahontas" between the English and the Powhatan confederacy. 1610 (Fall) – Lord De La Warr, brother of Francis West and now colony governor, makes another attempt to establish a fort at the falls, but it too is abandoned in early 1611.