key terms native americans and colonists

Eradicate

destroy completely; put an end to

First Anglo-Powhatan War

1609-1614 conflict between the English settlers at Jamestown and the Powhatan confederacy over land rights that ended with the marriage of Matoaka to John Rolfe

French and Indian War

1754-1763 North American conflict of the global Seven Years’ War, fought between Great Britain and France that resulted in a decisive British victory and significant territorial gains in North America but also created tensions with the American colonies that led to the American Revolution

King Phillips War

1675-1678 conflict between English colonists of New England and their Native American allies and Wampanoag Chief Metacom and his Native American allies that led to the defeat of the Wampanoags and was one of the bloodiest conflicts in American colonial history

Pontiac’s Rebellion

1763-1766 an armed conflict between a confederation of Native American nations under Odawa Chief Pontiac and the British Empire following the Seven Years’ War in an attempt to drive British forces and settlers out of the Ohio Valley/Great Lakes region

Second Anglo-Powhatan War

(1622-1632) conflict between the English colonists in virginia and the Powhatan Confederacy that began with the Massacre of 1622 and ended in 1632 with a peace treaty that established a new border, though English expansion continued

Third Anglo-Powhatan War

1644-1646 final conflict between the English colonists and the Powhatan Confederacy in Virginia, ending with the Powhatan’s defeat and the disbanding of the Powhatan Confederacy

Treaty of Paris 1763

end the French and Indian war with France giving up it’s territories easy of the Mississippi River to Great Britain but also increased tensions between Native Americans in that region and the English colonists