Event Anglo-Powhatan Wars

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Were a series of wars fought between settlers of the Virginia Colony and Algonquin Indians of the Powhatan Confederacy in the early 17th century.

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1. First Anglo-Powhatan War

Was a war between the Virginia Colony and Algonquin Indians of the Powhatan Confederacy.

  • January 1615: The English colonists concluded a peace with the Powhatan that was sealed by the marriage of Pocahontas to colonist John Rolfe.

2. Second Anglo-Powhatan War

Was a war between the Virginia Colony and Algonquin Indians of the Powhatan Confederacy.

  • September 1632: A final peace was made between the English settlers and the Powhatan Confederacy in the Virginia Colony. This agreement gave Virginia the Eastern Shore and both sides of the James, as well as the southern shore of the York.

3. Third Anglo-Powhatan War

Was a war between the Virginia Colony and Algonquin Indians of the Powhatan Confederacy.

  • November 1646: The extent of the Virginia Colony open to patent was defined as the land between the Blackwater and York rivers.