In our first revisit to Early Colonial era 1600-1763, we begin with Powhatan in Virginia part one. The “Powhatan Landscape” describes what would become Virginia from 500 B.C.E. to the early 1600s. “Commoners, Tribute and Chiefs” explains the Algonquin civilization focusing on the Potomac Valley Chicagoan tribe. “Nature and History in the Potomac Country” looks...
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Colonial Virginia in the Atlantic world is an approach to Virginia history stressing commerce and trade. The web of interconnections extend not only among the British Isles, the Algonquin Native Americans, and Africa. The Dutch, French, and Spanish and their colonies as well as intercolonial trade along the British North American seaboard all had their...
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Early Colonial Virginia is classically marked out between 1607-1689 in “The Southern Colonies in the 17th Century”, with Virginia center stage as the largest colony along with the study of Maryland and Carolina. “Indians and English” treats the encounter between the two cultures. “The Old Dominion in the 17th Century” uses interpretive essays to introduce...
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Early Colonial Virginia is introduced with seven histories that focus on political developments and colonial economic classes. The first is the political history of “Colonial Virginia” early and late periods, from 1607 to 1780. “The Barbarous Years” charts the expulsion of Native Americans in the British North American colonies. “Colonial Chesapeake Society” is a social...
