Henricus Colony of Virginia
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Henricus (1611-1622 CE, also known as Henrico, Henryco, Citie of Henryco) was a colony established in Virginia, above Jamestown, in 1611 CE by Sir Thomas Dale (l. c. 1560-1619 CE). Dale had been ordered by the Virginia Company of London – which had funded the expedition that established Jamestown Colony of Virginia – to locate a site for a new colony that would replace Jamestown as capital. Dale’s mission was to find better land for a colony as well as to fortify it against possible attacks by the Spanish who objected to England’s colonization efforts in North America, claiming it was already theirs.
The Indian Massacre of 1622 CE was an attack on the settlements of the Virginia Colony by the tribes of the Powhatan Confederacy under their leader Opchanacanough.
The Anglo-Powhatan Wars (also given as Powhatan Wars) were a series of conflicts between the English colonists of Virginia, North America, and the indigenous.