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May 22, 2023 · May 22 marks the 400th anniversary of that unprecedented moment, when English soldiers gave poisoned wine to 200 Powhatans, members of a confederacy of about 30 Native groups. The historical...
Apr 11, 2024 · The war started on March 22, 1622, with a surprise attack launched by the Powhatans against the colonists. The motive behind the attack stemmed from Indian concerns over the rise in the population of the colonists and their expanding tobacco plantations, which encroached on Powhatan territory.
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Sep 22, 2020 · Velázquez’s hopes never materialized despite the help extended to him by several prominent Sevillians at court, including Juan de Fonseca, chaplain to the king. Within a year (January 1623), Velázquez returned to Seville.
For several months, the heir to the throne was in Madrid, under Spanish control and surveillance, and prey both to the pressure to convert to Rome, and to the machinations of Spanish diplomats eager to extract religious toleration for English Catholics as the price of a marriage treaty.
Feb 17, 2021 · May 22, 1623 Opitchapam and Opechancanough host the English on the Pamunkey River, but they are treated to tainted wine and then ambushed. Opechancanough is apparently seriously injured and disappears from English records for seven years.
Dates in Spanish. Quick Answer. In Spanish dates, the day comes before the month. examples. Hoy es el dieciséis de agosto. Today is August sixteenth. How to Say the Date in Spanish. To say the date in Spanish, you first say the number corresponding to that day's date, then the month and the year.
Settlement, American Beginnings: 1492-1690, Primary Resources in U.S. History and Literature, Toolbox Library, National Humanities Center. Primary resources--historical documents, literary texts, and works of art--thematically organized with notes and discussion questions.
