UNIT OUTLINE

1. Cultural Mindset
   1. England
      1. densely populated
      2. men worked with plans and animals, women with domestics
      3. small rivers used as territorial boundaries
      4. man seen as exploiter of land by rights
      5. religion, highly ritualized
   2. Native North Americans
      1. rivers were central part of settlements
      2. small population, at least with respect to England
      3. food relatively abundant in the wild
      4. no local specialization
      5. men hunted and warred; women cared for garden and homes
      6. religion
         1. native to country
         2. natural phenomenon and local land important
         3. Pantheon with deities with limited powers
         4. Okeus or Quioccos
         5. Polydox
         6. huskanaw
      7. society not strongly hierarchical
2. Differences in Housing
   1. English
   2. Indians
3. Clothing
   1. English- elaborate and heavy
   2. Indians- simple clothing
      1. men
      2. women
4. Communities
   1. English
      1. in the earliest years, centered in and around James Fort
      2. triangular, earthen fort
   2. Natives
      1. villages moved "amoeba-like" over time
      2. no land tenure
5. Clashes
   1. social inferiors, English best way of life
   2. Indians see English as arrogant and bigoted

1. Powahatan Indians and their supreme chiefdom
   1. chiefdom organization
   2. organization of the Powhatan supreme chiefdom
   3. Occupied coastal Virginia, at least 14,000 Algonquin speakers in 1607
   4. Tributes paid by villages and werowances to the supreme chief
   5. Conversation between Powhatan and Smith
   6. what an expected visiting English soldiers to "lay their arms as his feet, as did his subjects"
   7. Smith responded that his enemies might make such a demand, but never his friends
   8. Smith reaffirm promise to ally himself with Powhatans against the Monacans, to the west
   9. Powhatan attempts to establish Smith in a subordinate position like the ones in his native empire
2. Legendary Pocahontas incident
   1. source: Smith The General historie of Virginia, NewEngland and the Summer Isles, p. 401
   2. source: Puglisi, Michael J. "Capt. John Smith, Pocahontas, and a Clash of Cultures: A Case for the Ethnohistorical Perspective." History Teacher, v. 25 (Nov. 1991) pp 97-103.
      
      

1. Causes and Precursors
   1. English convinced Indians were savages
   2. More permanent the English settlements looked, the more the Indians felt threatened
   3. Opechancanough
   4. 1614-1622 time of forced friendliness
   5. Jack-of-Feathers
2. Event: Massacre of English Settlers-Good Friday 3/22/1622
   1. John Rolfe
   2. Numbers killed
   3. Weapons used
3. Aftermath of Massacre
   1. plague
   2. massive retaliation by the colonists
   3. "Powhatan War"

WOMEN AND RELIGION

1. English women
2. Native American women
3. Dress
4. Duties
5. Attitudes
6. Religion

1. Illustrations from primary sources
2. The implications of Christianity

1. Role of women
2. Women's importance
3. Contrast to women of New England
4. Journal

1. Reasons for coming to Jamestown
2. Role of the Church
3. Bringing Christianity to the Native Americans
4. Role of the Ministers

SLAVERY AND INDENTURED SERVANTS

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