Pocahontas by Ariella Kandkhorov https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh Ariella Kandkhorov, Period 6 en-us 2018-10-29 21:13:03 UTC 2025-11-07 17:15:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Tent.png Painting of Pocahontas from the nineteenth century 99041435 https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh/wish/298274753 Pocahontas. Image. Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2018. school.eb.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/75462. Accessed 29 Oct. 2018.]]> 2018-10-29 21:13:17 UTC https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh/wish/298274753 Pocahontas was born in Virginia, near the Jamestown settlement, somewhere between the years 1595 and 1597. 99041435 https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh/wish/298276311 2018-10-29 21:19:42 UTC https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh/wish/298276311 She was known as the "playful one", which is what her name means. In her young life, around the ages of 11 or 12, she was rumored to have saved the life of Captain John Smith, leader of the Jamestown settlement. By doing so, she saved the settlement. That wasn't the only way she helped them, though. 99041435 https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh/wish/298276623 2018-10-29 21:20:53 UTC https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh/wish/298276623 Pocahontas saving John Smith's life 99041435 https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh/wish/298277783 Pocahontas Saving the Life of Captain John Smith, chromolithograph, c. 1870.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Digital file no. cph 3g03368)
]]> 2018-10-29 21:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh/wish/298277783 Pocahontas aided the Jamestown settlement in multiple ways. She visited them often, bringing supplies and food for the harsh winters. Not only this, but when there was conflict between her people, the Powhatan Native Americans, and the Jamestown settlers, Pocahontas served as a peacemaker. 99041435 https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh/wish/298278134 2018-10-29 21:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh/wish/298278134 When affairs between the Powhatans and Jamestown settlers were rough, and a few English settlers were being held captive by the Native Americans, Pocahontas was captured in hopes of being used for negotiation. This proved successful for the most part, with all the English being released. There was other items, such as weapons, that needed to be returned after being taken, but were not by the refusal of Pocahontas' father, chief of the Powhatan Native Americans. No conflict arose from this, though. The seven settlers were the main concern of the English. 99041435 https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh/wish/298278928 2018-10-29 21:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh/wish/298278928 While with the Jamestown settlers, Pocahontas learnt English and the teachings of Christianity. She didn't convert until a year later. It is suspected that one of her teachers was John Rolfe, who would later become her husband. 99041435 https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh/wish/300309301 2018-11-05 04:24:52 UTC https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh/wish/300309301 Pocahontas, now under the name of Rebecca, had a child with John Rolfe. The baby was a boy and named Thomas. 99041435 https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh/wish/300310836 2018-11-05 04:37:02 UTC https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh/wish/300310836 In order to show the King and Queen of England the success of the Jamestown settlement, and hopefully get funds, the Virginia Company of London sent Pocahontas, along with her son and husband, to England. There, she loved by the English and accepted by he royal family. 99041435 https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh/wish/300311576 2018-11-05 04:42:08 UTC https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh/wish/300311576 Pocahontas' baptizing 99041435 https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh/wish/300318167 Chapman, John Gadsby: The Baptism of Pocahontas. Image. Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2018. school.eb.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/228366. Accessed 4 Nov. 2018.]]> 2018-11-05 05:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh/wish/300318167 Sadly, due to her lack of immunity for the diseases of the Old World, Pocahontas contracted smallpox. She died in the March of 1617, in Gravesend, England. 99041435 https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh/wish/300320066 2018-11-05 05:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh/wish/300320066 The marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe 99041435 https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh/wish/300320294 Pocahontas: marriage to John Rolfe. Image. Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2018. school.eb.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/232362. Accessed 4 Nov. 2018.]]> 2018-11-05 05:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/99041435/svin1qwxbkgh/wish/300320294