Over 300 colonists are killed in the Virginia colony as Powhatan warriors overwhelm the Virginia settlers following a series of disagreements. Chief Opechancanough, who commanded the Powhatan Confederacy following Powhatan's death, rejected diplomacy and tried to force the English settlers from their James River settlements.
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