Third Anglo-Powhatan War

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The Third Anglo-Powhatan War was a mid-17th-century conflict between English colonists in Virginia and the Powhatan Confederacy that effectively ended large-scale Native resistance to English expansion in the region.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Third Anglo-Powhatan War canonical 9
Powhatan uprising of 1622 1
Powhatan uprising of 1644 1

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Powhatan War ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Third Powhatan War ⓘ
cause English expansion into Powhatan lands ⓘ
Powhatan resistance to colonial encroachment ⓘ
commander English colonial authorities in Virginia ⓘ
Opechancanough ⓘ
conflictType colonial conflict ⓘ
consequence further dispossession of Powhatan lands ⓘ
increased English territorial expansion in Virginia ⓘ
subordination of Powhatan peoples to English colonial rule ⓘ
deathOrCaptureOfLeader capture and death of Opechancanough ⓘ
endedBy Treaty of 1646 ⓘ
endTime 1646 ⓘ
followedBy none (last of the Anglo-Powhatan Wars) ⓘ
follows Second Anglo-Powhatan War ⓘ
hasOpponent English colonists in Virginia ⓘ
Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan peoples
hasParticipant English colonists in Virginia ⓘ
Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan peoples
historicalSignificance ended organized Powhatan military resistance to English colonization in Virginia ⓘ
marked transition to more secure English dominance in Tidewater Virginia ⓘ
legalOutcome Powhatans recognized as subjects of the English Crown in treaty ⓘ
establishment of reservation-style boundaries for some Powhatan groups ⓘ
locatedIn English North America ⓘ
Powhatan Confederacy territory ⓘ
Virginia Colony ⓘ
notableLeader Opechancanough ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Powhatan Wars ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan Wars

history of Native American–European conflicts in North America ⓘ
history of colonial Virginia ⓘ
primaryBelligerent Kingdom of England (through Virginia colony) ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of England

Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan peoples
relatedTo Jamestown settlement ⓘ
linked to: Jamestown

Powhatan–English relations in the 17th century ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan Wars
result English victory ⓘ
defeat of the Powhatan Confederacy as a major power ⓘ
effective end of large-scale Native resistance to English expansion in Virginia ⓘ
significantEvent 1644 Powhatan attack on English settlements ⓘ
startTime 1644 ⓘ
timePeriod mid-17th century ⓘ
treaty Treaty of 1646 ⓘ

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

Jamestown → significantEvent → Third Anglo-Powhatan War ⓘ
Second Anglo-Powhatan War → followedBy → Third Anglo-Powhatan War ⓘ
Powhatan peoples → involvedIn → Third Anglo-Powhatan War ⓘ
Third Anglo-Powhatan War → alsoKnownAs → Third Powhatan War ⓘ
linked to: Third Anglo-Powhatan War
Powhatan Wars → hasPart → Third Anglo-Powhatan War ⓘ
Second Anglo-Powhatan War → hasCause → Powhatan uprising of 1622 ⓘ
subject linked to: Powhatan Wars
linked to: Third Anglo-Powhatan War
Third Anglo-Powhatan War → hasCause → Powhatan uprising of 1644 ⓘ
subject linked to: Powhatan Wars
linked to: Third Anglo-Powhatan War
Powhatan → involvedIn → Third Anglo-Powhatan War ⓘ
Opechancanough → conflict → Third Anglo-Powhatan War ⓘ
Treaty of 1646 → conflictEnded → Third Anglo-Powhatan War ⓘ
Treaty of 1646 → follows → Third Anglo-Powhatan War ⓘ
Powhatan Chiefdom → significantEvent → Third Anglo-Powhatan War ⓘ