Indian Massacre of 1622

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The Indian Massacre of 1622 was a coordinated surprise attack by Powhatan Confederacy warriors against English settlers in the Virginia Colony, killing hundreds and dramatically reshaping early colonial–Native American relations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conflict ⓘ
event in colonial American history ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jamestown Massacre ⓘ
Powhatan Uprising of 1622 ⓘ
belligerent English settlers in Virginia ⓘ
Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan peoples
cause English encroachment and broken agreements ⓘ
expansion of English settlements onto Powhatan lands ⓘ
tensions over resources between Powhatans and English colonists ⓘ
commanderOrLeader Opechancanough ⓘ
conflictBetween English colonists in Virginia ⓘ
Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan peoples
countryAtTime England ⓘ
date 22 March 1622 ⓘ
describedIn colonial Virginia records ⓘ
estimatedDeaths about 347 English colonists ⓘ
followedBy Second Anglo–Powhatan War ⓘ
prolonged English punitive expeditions ⓘ
hasEffect escalation of Anglo–Powhatan conflict ⓘ
increased English determination to remove Powhatans from core settlement areas ⓘ
long-term deterioration of English–Native American relations in Virginia ⓘ
retaliatory campaigns by English colonists against Powhatan peoples ⓘ
shift toward more militarized English frontier policy ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 17th century ⓘ
historicalRegion Chesapeake Bay region ⓘ
location English colony of Virginia ⓘ
Virginia Colony ⓘ
method coordinated surprise attack ⓘ
notableSurvivor Jamestown settlement ⓘ
organizedBy Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan peoples
partOf Anglo–Powhatan Wars ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan Wars
precededBy First Anglo–Powhatan War ⓘ
proportionOfPopulationKilled approximately one quarter of the English population in Virginia ⓘ
relatedTo English colonization of North America ⓘ
Jamestown, Virginia ⓘ
Native American–European relations in the 17th century ⓘ
Powhatan Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Powhatan peoples
result hundreds of English colonists killed ⓘ
significance major turning point in early English colonization of North America ⓘ
used by English authorities to justify harsher policies toward Native peoples ⓘ
sparedLocation Jamestown (warned in advance) ⓘ
linked to: Jamestown
target English settlements along the James River ⓘ
Jamestown-area plantations ⓘ
year 1622 ⓘ

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Henricus → destroyedInEvent → Indian Massacre of 1622 ⓘ
Opechancanough → notableEvent → Powhatan attack of March 22, 1622 ⓘ
linked to: Indian Massacre of 1622
Indian Massacre of 1622 → alsoKnownAs → Powhatan Uprising of 1622 ⓘ
linked to: Indian Massacre of 1622
Indian Massacre of 1622 → alsoKnownAs → Jamestown Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Indian Massacre of 1622