Lethal Encounters
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Lethal Encounters

Englishmen and Indians in Colonial Virginia

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Lethal Encounters

Englishmen and Indians in Colonial Virginia

About this book

This in-depth narrative history of the interactions between English settlers and American Indians during the Virginia colony's first century explains why a harmonious coexistence proved impossible. Britain's first successful settlements in America occurred over 400 years ago. Not surprisingly, the historical accounts of these events have often contained inaccuracies. This compelling study of colonial Virginia is based upon the latest research, shedding new light on the tensions between the English and the American Indians and clarifying the facts about storied relationships. In Lethal Encounters: Englishmen and Indians in Colonial Virginia, the author examines why the Anglo settlers were unable to establish a peaceful and productive relationship with the region's native inhabitants. Readers will come to understand how the deep prejudices harbored by both whites and Indians, the incompatibility of their economic and social systems, and the leadership failures of protagonists like John Smith, Powhatan, Opechacanough, and William Berkeley caused this breakdown.

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Information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9780313393358
eBook ISBN
9780313393365
Edition
1
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Pgae
  3. Copyright Pgae
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1. Prelude: Explorations, Encounters, and Abandoned Colonies
  7. Chapter 2. “Our Mortall Enemies”: Early Encounters at Jamestown
  8. Chapter 3. “To Subdue the Wilde Salvages”: Captain John Smith and the Powhatans
  9. Chapter 4. “A World of Miseries”: The Virginia Colony, 1609–1614
  10. Chapter 5. “Upon Doubtful Terms”: Virginia, 1616–1622
  11. Chapter 6. “A Plantation of Sorrows”: Virginia, 1622–1635
  12. Chapter 7. Another War and a New Policy
  13. Chapter 8. Bacon’s Rebellion and Its Aftermath
  14. Conclusions
  15. Notes
  16. Index