Jamestown Massacre
Indian Killers
BIOGRAPHY
Took place in the colony of Virginia on March 22 1622. The natives began to dislike the colonists in 1609 when the English governor started to send raiding parties to demand food. Chief Opchanacanough led series of surprise attacks that killed 347 people, a quarter of the Jamestown population. The Powhatan also destroyed many settlements at the same time along the James river.
CONNECTIONS
Henricus
On the same day of the attack the Powhatan took out Henricus and its college.
Happened in colony of Virginia
Thomas Gates was governor at the time
2 years after Virginia was made a royal colonie
Thomas Gates
At the time of the massacre Thomas Gates was the governor of Virginia.
Virginia
POCAHANTAS
She has saved John Smith's life. Married John Rolfe. Was kidnapped by the English during the massacres attacks. One of the reasons the Powhatan surrendered. Pocahantis was the Powhatan's chiefs daughter. She was the reason the attack was stopped.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
[http://www.vahistorical.org/sva2003/contact.htm] [http://encyclopediavirginia.org/Gates_Sir_Thomas_d_1622]
Website: WIKIPEDIA.ORG
Dedication.
I dedicate this project to my dad because I tried and worked hard on it and that's all he ever wanted me to do.