The Indian Massacre of 1622 was an attack on the settlements of the Virginia Colony by the tribes of the Powhatan Confederacy under their leader Opchanacanough (l. https://www.worldhistory.org/Indian_Massacre_of_1622/ #History #Anglo-PowhatanWars #IndianMassacreof1622 #JamestownColonyofVirginia

The most important cash crop in Colonial America was tobacco, first cultivated by the English at their Jamestown Colony of Virginia in 1610 CE by the merchant John Rolfe (l. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1681/tobacco--colonial-american-economy/ #History #EuropeanColonizationoftheAmericas #JamestownColonyofVirginia #JohnRolfe

The House of Burgesses (1619-1776 CE) was the first English representative government in North America, established in July 1619 CE, for the purpose of passing laws and maintaining order in the Jamestown Colony of Virginia and the other settlements that had grown up around it. https://www.worldhistory.org/House_of_Burgesses/ #History #Bacon'sRebellion #HouseofBurgesses #JamestownColonyofVirginia

The most important cash crop in Colonial America was tobacco, first cultivated by the English at their Jamestown Colony of Virginia in 1610 CE by the merchant John Rolfe (l. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1681/tobacco--colonial-american-economy/ #History #EuropeanColonizationoftheAmericas #JamestownColonyofVirginia #JohnRolfe