England's first successful American colonies
I can explain how England's first successful colonists interacted with Native Americans.
England's first successful American colonies
I can explain how England's first successful colonists interacted with Native Americans.
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Key learning points
- The first successful North American English colony was Jamestown.
- Colonials at first relied on Native Americans for help with food.
- Tensions rose between colonists and Native Americans, leading to multiple conflicts.
Keywords
Native American - Native Americans are the original inhabitants of North and South America and the Caribbean Islands
Assembly - an assembly is a group who meet to make laws for a community
Powhatan - the Powhatan are a Native American nation who lived in the region which became Virginia
Tensions - tensions are feelings of anger or fear between two groups
Reservations - reservations are areas of land set aside for a community of people to live on
Common misconception
John Rolfe’s marriage to Pocahontas represented goodwill between colonists and the Powhatan tribe.
Pocahontas' marriage involved her capture and forced conversion to Christianity. Pocahontas was used by the English for their own advantage.
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original inhabitants of North and South America
the original inhabitants of a specific area
the process of establishing new communities in an area