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At 1 pm on Saturday, September 7, Mark Summers will present on “Rising Sun: 1622 and the Origin of the British Empire”.

“On March 22, 1622, the English awoke with confidence – confident in their peace with the native Powhatan, their representative government and laws, as well as their tobacco profits. Later that morning that confidence was shattered as nearly 1/4 of English colonists were killed by Powhatan warriors who rose up against the English after nearly two decades of occupation. Yet the English counterinsurgency which followed would lead to more aggressive military tactics, the rise of royal government, and a final conquest of the Powhatan Chiefdom. These events and tactics would echo throughout British imperial history from South Africa to India to Ireland. No empire was ever built nicely.

Join Mark Summers of Jamestown Rediscovery as he examines the conflicts of Jamestown and how it fits in the larger picture of British imperial history and its effects on foreign policy today.

Mark Summers
Director of Youth and Public Programs / Public Historian
Jamestown Rediscovery