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 Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan peoples

Powhatan Indians ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan peoples
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
siege of Jamestown ⓘ
influenced English approaches to Native American relations ⓘ
policies of the Virginia Company ⓘ
subsequent Anglo-Powhatan conflicts ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay United States ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
location Tsenacommacah ⓘ
Virginia Colony ⓘ
opponentOf English colonists in Virginia ⓘ
Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan peoples
partOf Anglo-Powhatan Wars ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan Wars

early English colonization of North America ⓘ
relatedTo Jamestown, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Jamestown

John Rolfe ⓘ
Pocahontas ⓘ
Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan peoples
result English survival at Jamestown ⓘ
expansion of English influence in Virginia ⓘ
temporary peace between English and Powhatan ⓘ
significantEvent Starving Time at Jamestown ⓘ
capture of Pocahontas ⓘ
marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe ⓘ
startTime 1609 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ
Treaty of 1614 → conflictEnded → First Anglo-Powhatan War ⓘ
Treaty of 1614 → precededBy → First Anglo-Powhatan War ⓘ
Treaty of 1614 → relatedEvent → Powhatan-English conflicts of 1609–1614 ⓘ
linked to: First Anglo-Powhatan War
Opechancanough → conflict → First Anglo-Powhatan War ⓘ
Mamanatowick → associatedWithEvent → first Anglo-Powhatan War ⓘ
linked to: First Anglo-Powhatan War
Indian Massacre of 1622 → precededBy → First Anglo–Powhatan War ⓘ
linked to: First Anglo-Powhatan War
Powhatan Chiefdom → significantEvent → First Anglo-Powhatan War ⓘ