Colonization's Impact on Indigenous People

Colonization's Impact on Indigenous People

9th Grade · Social Studies · 45 min

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Learning Objective

I can analyze the impact of colonization on Indigenous populations.

  • 1

    Chief Powhatan, leader of over 30 tribes, realized the English were clueless about survival but had guns, leading to initial assistance.

  • 2

    English and Native American relations deteriorated when the English stole crops and lives, leading to the 1622 uprising led by Chief Opechancanough.

  • 3

    The Pequot War and King Philip's War exemplify the brutality and resistance during English colonization, revealing the threat to Native American ways of life.