American Slavery, American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia

When English settlers arrived in the Chesapeake Region in 1607, they expected the Indians to work with them to build Virginia. By 1620, the settlers no longer held such expectations. What were the main events that changed the settlers’ view of the Indians?

Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676 was a key event in Virginia’s early years. What caused the rebellion? What was its outcome? What were its lasting effects on the Virginia colony?

Why were the writings of Richard Hakluyt, particularly the second edition of The Principal Navigations of the English Nation published in 1600, so critical to when and how the English settled Virginia in 1585 and in 1607?