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Iroquoian, Siouan, Algonquian

What were the three major American Indian language groups found in Virginia?

What language was spoken in southwestern Virginia and in southern Virginia near what is today North Carolina? (The Cherokee were part of this group)

What language was spoken primarily in the Piedmont region? (The Monacan were part of this group)

What language was spoken primarily in the Tidewater region? (The Powhatan were part of this group)

Captain John Smith initiated trading relationships with the native peoples.

How did the native peoples and the English interact?

The native peoples traded mainly with the English in exchange for tools, pots, and copper for jewelry.

Why did the relationship between the Jamestown settlers and the native peoples change?

providing leadership to his people and teaching the settlers survival skills.

Powhatan contributed to the survival of the Jamestown settlers by:

serving as contact between the native peoples and the English.

Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan, contributed to the survival of the Jamestown settlers by:

The native peoples showed the settlers how to plant ________ and ________.

Over time, the native peoples realized the English settlement would continue to grow. The native peoples came to see the __________ as invaders who would take over their land.