First Anglo-Powhatan War

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The First Anglo-Powhatan War was an early 17th-century conflict between English colonists in Virginia and the Powhatan Confederacy that shaped the precarious beginnings of English settlement in North America.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Powhatan War
conflict
war
belligerent English colonists in Virginia
Jamestown colonists
Powhatan peoples
surface form: Powhatan Confederacy

Powhatan peoples
surface form: Powhatan Indians
cause English expansion into Powhatan territory
breakdown of earlier diplomacy between English and Powhatan
competition over food supplies
chronologicallyFollows founding of Jamestown in 1607
chronologicallyPrecedes Second Anglo-Powhatan War
commander John Smith
Powhatan
Sir Thomas Dale
Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr
surface form: Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
conflictIn 17th century
North America
conflictType colonial war
describedIn colonial Virginia histories
endedBy Treaty of 1614
peace settlement following Pocahontas–Rolfe marriage
endTime 1614
hasEthnicContext Algonquian-speaking Powhatan peoples
English colonists
hasPart English punitive expeditions
raids on Powhatan villages
Second Anglo-Powhatan War
surface form: siege of Jamestown
influenced English approaches to Native American relations
policies of the Virginia Company
subsequent Anglo-Powhatan conflicts
locatedInPresentDay United States of America
surface form: United States

Virginia
location Tsenacommacah
Colony and Dominion of Virginia
surface form: Virginia Colony
opponentOf English colonists in Virginia
Powhatan peoples
surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
partOf Powhatan Wars
surface form: Anglo-Powhatan Wars

early English colonization of North America
relatedTo Jamestown
surface form: Jamestown, Virginia

John Rolfe
Pocahontas
Powhatan peoples
surface form: Powhatan Confederacy
result English survival at Jamestown
expansion of English influence in Virginia
temporary peace between English and Powhatan
significantEvent Starving Time (1609–1610)
surface form: Starving Time at Jamestown

capture of Pocahontas
marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe
startTime 1609

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Jamestown significantEvent First Anglo-Powhatan War
Second Anglo-Powhatan War follows First Anglo-Powhatan War
James Fort significantEvent First Anglo-Powhatan War
Powhatan peoples involvedIn First Anglo-Powhatan War
Powhatan Wars hasPart First Anglo-Powhatan War
Powhatan involvedIn First Anglo-Powhatan War