AMIND 440 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Powhatan, Algonquin Language, Pequot People
15 May 2020
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Amind 440 - module 5 - early american colonization + First permanent british settlement in present day us. Established by virginia company of london in 1607. The virginia company was an english joint stock company established in 1606 by royal charter king james i with the sole purpose of establishing colonial settlements in north america. Followed several earlier failed attempts like the lost colony of roanoke (in present-day nc) This was an attempt by queen elizabeth i to establish a permanent settlement in 1580"s, but the colonists disappeared after their last shipment of supplies from england. No evidence of what happened to those colonists. The spanish were among the first europeans to settle in the. Americas but the british established the first permanent settlement in jamestown. The powhatan confederacy was made up at least 30 algonquin- speaking native american tribes occupying the coast of virginia,
