Powhatan's World and Colonial Virginia
Download or Read eBook Powhatan's World and Colonial Virginia PDF written by Frederic W. Gleach and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2000-04-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Frederic W. Gleach |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2000-04-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0803270917 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780803270916 |
Rating | : 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Powhatan's World and Colonial Virginia by : Frederic W. Gleach
Book excerpt: Frederic W. Gleach offers the most balanced and complete accounting of the early years of the Jamestown colony to date. When English colonists established their first permanent settlement at Jamestown in 1607, they confronted a powerful and growing Native chiefdom consisting of over thirty tribes under one paramount chief, Powhatan. For the next half-century, a portion of the Middle Atlantic coastal plain became a charged and often violent meeting ground between two very different worlds.