Second Anglo–Powhatan War
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The Second Anglo–Powhatan War began in 1644 as a last effort by the Indians to dislodge the English settlers of the Virginia Colony, and a last effort by the settlers to exterminate the Powhatan after decimating their population in the First Anglo–Powhatan War. The Native Americans were defeated for the second time. The result was a near extinction of the native tribes of the Tidewater region. The peace treaty in 1646 ended any hopes of the colonists and native Americans being able to peacefully coexist. It shoved the natives off their land and distinguished Indian land from white settlement land, a foreshadowing of the reservation system.
The Second Anglo–Powhatan War is tightly entwined with hatred of the Native Americans towards the white settlers who had started to take over their lands.
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