The #VirginiaCompany was chartered by #KingJamesI of England (and VI of Scotland) on #ThisDayInHistory in 1606. Being a #JointStockCompany helped to ensure the colonies it launched, notably #Jamestown, would succeed, though at a horrific death rate & through #Indigenous genocide.

The #AngloPowhatanWars are three conflicts between the #VirginiaCompany colony #Jamestown and the #Powhatan nation. The third began #ThisDayInHistory in 1644 and resulted in a hard boundary between the two peoples... which lasted only until 1677, as #genocide was always implied.