🌽The Powhatan tribe in Virginia consisted of several hundred villages and had a matrilineal societal structure.
🌳The Cherokee tribe in Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas built log cabins and had a democratic council system.
🛶The Muscogee tribe in Georgia used the wattle and daub technique to construct their homes and had a hierarchical leadership structure.
⚔️Both the Cherokee and Muscogee tribes were prepared for war, with red chiefs leading in times of war and white chiefs leading in times of peace.
🔥Bacon's Rebellion in 1676 marked a turning point in the relationship between colonists and local tribes in Virginia.