pocahontas forging peace in the new world. world map of columbus, 1492
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Pocahontas
Forging Peace in the New World
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World Map of Columbus, 1492
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Age of Exploration
• Christopher Columbus – “New World” 1492
• Englishman John Cabot – Newfoundland, 1497
• European countries searched for the NW Passage
• Spain was the most powerful nation in the 1500s
• English exploration increased/intensified during the reign of Queen Elizabeth
• Queen Elizabeth encouraged English “sea dogs” to raid Spanish settlements
• Englishman Sir Walter Raleigh – Roanoake 1584– Name the area Virginia after
Queen Elizabeth (The Virgin Queen)
• English defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 led to increase of Enland’s exploration
• Joint stock company – company where individuals bought stock in a company, which paid for ships and supplies, hoping to make a profit from their investment– Virginia Company of London
• John Smith – Jamestown 1607
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World Map 1660
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Pocahontas• Born in 1595• Member of the
Algonquian• Daughter of Powhatan,
chief of 30 tribes in VA• Given Name: Matoaka
Believed if outsiders learned of the tribal
name, harm would come to a person and to speak
one's real name aloud was like opening a door
to evil spirits
• Called Name: Pocahontas • "one who plays mostly,"
"playful one," "little wanton," and "playful, frolicsome little girl."
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Captain John Smith
• December of 1607 had been sentenced to death by Powhatan
• Became good friends with Pocahontas
• She visited the village of Jamestown often with baskets of food for her friends
• She took braves from the tribe so they could trade food and furs
• Her father was not pleased with his daughter for her association with the white man.
• January of 1609, Pocahontas again saved John Smith's life and the lives of her friends in Jamestown when she warned them of her fathers plans to kill them.
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Relationship with the White Man
• Pocahontas went to live in a neighboring village with a man named Japazaws and his wife
• They sold her for a copper kettle and she was held as a political prisoner in Jamestown
• She was treated very well while she was there and she even lived in the house of a minister
• Pocahontas was taught Christianity.
• During this time she met and was instructed by a man named John Rolfe
• April 1614, she was baptized an Anglican and given the name of Rebecca
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John Rolfe
• April 1614 she married John Rolfe.
• Many of her relatives and friends from the tribe attended the wedding, but her father did not come.
• The marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe began a period of peace among the Powhatan Indians and the people of Jamestown.
• This period of peace became known as the "Peace of Pocahontas"
• A year later a son was born to Pocahontas and John Rolfe. They named him Thomas.
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Visit to England• Thomas was a year old when John decided to take his
family to England. • Pocahontas was received well and treated like royalty. • She was invited to the palace of the Queen of England.
Pocahontas was happy and did not want to leave. • Many of her people that were there with her became
very ill because they were not used to the climate and the diseases in England.
• Pocahontas also became ill and it was decided that they would all return to Virginia.
• They set sail in 1617 but Pocahontas was not well and Pocahontas died in Gravesend, England at age 21.
• Her death marked the end of the Peace of Pocahontas.
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Turn-2-Think
• Groups of three• Take turns drawing a question card from the
stack• Discuss an answer in your group• Match the correct answer card to each
question card
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Analyze the Movies
Similarities• Setting: Jamestown, VA• Date: May 1607• Trade of goods/ideas
between English settlers & Indians
• “Peace of Pocahontas”• Pocahontas’ travel to
England
Differences• Age: 10/12 or 18/20• Indian princess or Barbie
doll?• Love affair with John
Smith• Language• Smallpox death• Son, Thomas?• Unhappiness in England
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Assignment
• Pretend that you are an historian who is an expert in the colonial era of the United States. Write a critique of the films “Pocahontas” and “Pocahontas: A New World”. Be sure to use evidence from the movie and history to make your points.