2. Puritans
believed that the untamed nature
was both evil and seductive, and
exposure to it would transform a
man into an Indian
Colonists worked hard to
transform the landscape to
resemble England, which they
regarded as God’s blueprint for
human- improved nature
The natives were highly effective
at horticulture, using the
squashes to protect vines, and
corn stalks to grow beans up
To ease hunting, the Indians
would burn the forest twice a
year, much less damaging than
present day wildfires.
3. Natives Resistance
Opechancanough was known
to be one of the Indian empire
in the end of the 16th century.
By 1607 Powhatan ruled the
largest, most politically and
culturally unified chiefdom in
Virginia, and had a
population of 12,000 people.
When Opechancanough was
captured he led his people in a
struggle for survival, while
trying to preserve their self-
respect.
Opechancanough thought to
have been between 90 or 100
years, and was killed by a
soldier, shot in the back.
