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the powhatans didn't like intruders on their land

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The Powhatan Indians lived peacefully with Europeans for many years. After a while, they felt that that they were being disrespected by the colonists and declared war.

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when more coloists arrived and wanted land reltions grew worse in 1622 in response to grabsl land by the coloists, the Powhatan killed hundreds of jamstown settlers.

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because during the starving time, the settlers of Jamestown took their food for the winter to themselves.

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One of them took more land than the other

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To grow more tobacco

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they had there leader

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What settlers did native Americans mainly fight in the Powhatan wars?

English


How did Powhatan behave as he did toward the English colonists?

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Why did the Powhatan fight the English?

they had there leader


What happened between the Powhatan and the English settlers?

English settlers in the winter of 1610 were starving to death so they ran off to live with the Powhatan Indians to at least be fed. And when summer came by the governor of the colony sent a messenger to return the runaway English settlers back.


Why did the settlers of Jamestown fight with Powhatan's?

because during the starving time, the settlers of Jamestown took their food for the winter to themselves.


How did they Interact with the Settlers of Powhatan?

How did powhatan socieety interact with the Settlers?


When did the Powhatan and the English fight?

200 years ago


What did the Powhatan do when crops no longer grew in a certain place?

They asked the English settlers for help


What did the Powhatan do when crop no longer grew in certain place?

They asked the English settlers for help


What natives did Jamestown settlers encounter?

Powhatan Natives


What events led to conflict between the Jamestown settlers and the Powhatan settlers?

The event that conflicted them is that the Jamestown settlers took the Powhatan leader and killed him. So this made them gom in wars.


What was the relationship between the Jamestown colonist and the Powhatan's?

The Powhatan traded fur and food with the settlers.