Colonial America, 1607-1783

 
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People
 

  • Church, Benjamin
  • Philip
  • Pickens, Andrew
  • Opechancanough
  • Williams, Pepperell


Places
 

  • Jamestown, Virginia
  • Plymouth, Massachusetts
  • New England, 


Events
 

  • March 22nd, 1622:  First major attack by Native Americans against english settlers starting a 14 year war with Jamestown.
  • June, 1675:  Combined warrior bands of the Wampanoag, Nipmuck, Sukonnet and Pocasset Indain tribes attack isolated settlments surrounding New England.
  • December 16, 1675:  The Great Swamp Fight, crushing defeat of Wampanoag Indians by a Plymouth company


Resources
 

  • The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History, Trevor N. Dupuy, New York, Harper Collins Books
  • American Military Leaders From Colonial Times to Present: Volume 1 A-L, John C. Fredricksen, California, ABC-CLIO Inc.
  • American Military Leaders From Colonial Times to Present: Volume 2 M-Z, John C. Fredricksen, California, ABC-CLIO Inc.


Updated 1/18/01

Early Colonial America Battle's

  Early Colonial Battles were very important to the establishment of the country we call United States of America.  The majority of early colonial battles where between the settlers and the Indians, although very few were considered major battles one of the first truly militaristic battle was the sneak attack of the Pamunkey Indians on the colony of Jamestown, Virginia.  The Pamunkey Indians were lead by the tribal chief Opechancanough their surprise attack resulted in the deaths of over 500 settlers on the first day of the attack and started a 14 year war with Jamestown when the Pamunkey Indians failed to storm Jamestown itself that first day.

     Another large battle between early colonists and their Indian neighbors is when the combined warrior bands of the Wampanoag, Nipmuck, Sukonnet and Pocasset Indain tribes attacked isolated settlments surrounding New England destroying 52 out of 92 different colonies and killing over 1000 colonists.  Colonist retailition resulted in the Great Swamp Fight, crushing defeat of Wampanoag Indians by a Plymouth militarycompany.

By Matthew Williams at University North Carolina at Pembroke

 
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