Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ƙasar Turai ta farko a yankin Virginia ta Tsakiya ta kasance a 1611 a Henricus, inda Falling Creek ya shiga cikin Kogin James. A shekara ta 1619, mazauna Virginia Company na farko da ke gwagwarmaya don kafa masana'antun masana'antun kuɗi sun kafa Falling Creek Ironworks. Tsakanin 1622 da 1646, jerin yaƙe-yaƙe na Anglo-Powhatan
ya haifar da mutuwar Opchanacanough da kuma iyakokin da aka kafa a kan Powhatan Confederacy. Bayan Tawayen Bacon a shekara ta 1676, Cockacoeske ya rattaba hannu kan Yarjejeniyar 1677, kuma kabilun Virginia da yawa sun yarda da matsayinsu na ainihi a matsayin batun Masarautar Burtaniya, kuma sun ba da ragowar da'awarsu ga ƙasar kakanninsu, don musayar kariya daga sauran kabilun da ke gaba da su da kuma tabbacin iyakantaccen yanki na ƙasa. Ƙungiyar Powhatan ta ƙare. A shekara ta 1699, &lt;a href="Monacan%20Indian%20Nation"&gt;Manakins/Monacans&lt;/a&gt; sun watsar da mazauninsu, kuma Ingilishi ya sasanta da'awar ƙasa a cikin yankin Richmond gaba ɗaya. A wani ɓangare don yin aiki a matsayin buffer, Ingilishi ya ba da babban yanki na ƙasar don 'yan gudun hijirar Huguenot na Faransa su zauna a tsohuwar ƙauyen Manakin a gefen kudu na Kogin James.