Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Orginal Publication Date
1978
Journal Title
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Volume
1
Issue
ees/vol1/iss1
First Page
16
Last Page
36
Abstract
The Powhatan Uprising of March 22, 1621/22, was the single most significant event of Anglo-Indian relations in Virginia. An early example of a native culture’s rebellion against intruding European civilization, the uprising climaxed a mere decade and a half of intercultural contact. Its impact upon trans-Atlantic ideology and policy was impressive: it brought to an end the first (forty year) phase of British imperialis [imperialist] accelerated Virginia's unique course of development, and hastened the doom of an American Indian empire with vast potential.
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