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This is a portrait of Pocahontas when she went to London after she got married. http://www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display.aspx?categoryid=4&entryid=1213939&searchtext=pocahontas&type=simple&option=all&searchsites=4,

Picture of Pocahontas and John Rolf's wedding http://www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display.aspx?categoryid=22&searchtext=pocahontas&type=simple&option=all&searchsites=4%2c&entryid=294514&issublink=true&fromsearch=false

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She was the daughter of Powhatan, chief of the Powhatan confederation, a powerful alliance that united many of the tribes in Virginia. Pocahontas made negotiations and made a stable relationship between the Jamestown colonists and the Powhatan Confederacy. Pocahontas was born in 1595. She found Jamestown when she sauntered into it as a young girl in 1607. John Smith was captured by Powhatan's brother, Opechancanough, when Smith raided the Powhatan territory in search of food. Pocahontas rescued Smith at the age of 16 year. As Smith later told the story, just when he was about to get hit by the clubs, Pocahontas placed her head on Smith's. After Smith's rescue, Pocahontas continued to visit the settlement of Jamestown over the next year and a half. She advised the colonists on which Indian tribes were the friendliest and taught the English how to bargain for food. Pocahontas also rescued several other colonists in 1610. First, she helped an English boy, Richard Wiffin, run away from his father who sought to kill him. Then, she warned Smith and his men that several Native Americans were plotting to murder them. In 1613, Captain Samuel Argall kidnapped Pocahontas in hopes of exchanging her for the return of English prisoners, food, and weapons that the Powhatans had taken. Pocahontas' father refused to meet their demands and sent only a small portion of what the English demanded. Pocahontas remained with the English and soon adjusted to her new circumstances. By 1614, with the help of Reverend Alexander Whitaker and colonist John Rolfe, Pocahontas rejected her tribal religious beliefs and changed into Christianity. She was baptized and renamed "Rebecca." In the meantime, Rolfe, who would earn fame by developing a new strain of tobacco plant, had fallen in love with Pocahontas while he was instructing her in the Christian faith. Rolfe convinced the deputy governor of Virginia and representatives of the Church of England that his marriage would prove that the native tribes could be civilized and Christianized for "our Country's good, the benefit of this Plantation, and for the converting [of] an irregenerate to regeneration." With Powhatan's assent, Pocahontas married Rolfe on April 5, 1614. Their marriage brought a brief period of peace between the Powhatans and the colonists, as well as the birth of a son, Thomas. The Virginia Company of London, in hopes of capitalizing on the marriage between a Native American and an Englishman, arranged a tour of England for the Rolfe family in June 1616. They made a number of appearances, including at the court of King James I. Pocahontas also sat for a portrait, the only one known of her. The Rolfes left London in March 1617 for Rolfe's new job as secretary of the Virginia colony. In the route to a port city so that they could return to Virginia, Pocahontas fell gravely ill. She died on March 21, 1617 in Gravesend, where she was buried. The myth of Pocahontas, the "Indian Princess," has been told since the 18th century and has captured the imagination of generations of Americans. Artists have devoted countless poems, novels, biographies, and paintings to Pocahontas, each telling and contributing to the myth.http://www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display.aspx?entryid=247663&issublink=true&searchtext=virginia%20company%20of%20london&type=simple&option=all (June 1)====== In 1605 a company of English merchants asked King James I for the right to found, or establish, a settlement. In 1606 the king granted the request of the company to settle in a region called Virginia.... allowed the group to share the cost and risk On April 26, 1607, the first 105 colonists sent by the London Company arrived in America. On May 14, about 40 miles up the James River in Virginia; the colonists founded Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America. A lack of preparation cost a lot of the colonists their lives. Most of the men who came to Jamestown were adventurers with no farming experience or useful skills such as carpentry. Jamestown was surrounded by marshes full of disease-carrying mosquitoes. By the time winter arrived, two-thirds of the original colonists had died. The situation in Jamestown temporarily improved after John Smith took control of the colony in September 1608. He forced the settlers to work harder and to build better housing by creating rules that rewarded harder workers with food. The Jamestown colonists received help from the powerful Powhatan Confederacy of Native Americans after Smith made an agreement with them. The Powhatan brought food to help the colonists, and then taught them how to grow corn. In 1609 some 400 more settlers arrived in Jamestown. That winter, disease and famine once again hit the colony. The colonists called this period the starving time. By the spring of 1610, only 60 colonists were still alive. Jamestown failed to make a profit until colonist John Rolfe introduced a new type of tobacco that sold well in England. John Rolfe married Pocahontas, daughter of the Powhatan leader, in 1614. Their marriage helped the colonists form more peaceful relations with the Powhatan. However, Pocahontas died three years later in England, which she was visiting with Rolfe. http://armstrong-history.wikispaces.com/file/view/Holt+Chp.3Sec.1+The+Southern+Colonies.pdf (June, 3)

1595 Pocahontas was born at Wicomico, in Gloucester County, Virginia. Her tribal name was Matoaca which means "Little Snow Feather." Her father called her Pocahontas, which means "playful one." Pocahontas was the youngest of more than 100 children born to the powerful Chief Powhatan. 1607 Englishmen arrived at Jamestown. John Smith led an expedition from the fort and met Chief Powhatan and Pocahontas. Pocahontas and John Smith became friends. Pocantas took food to the colonists during a difficult winter. She traded with the colonists. She carried news between the Powhatan Nation and the colonists at Jamestown. 1610 Pocahontas was married to Kocoum. She went to live with the Potomac tribe. 1612 Pocahontas was captured by the colonists and held for ransom. She was treated kindly, but was not allowed to return to her father until after she was baptized. 1613 Pocahontas was given instruction in Christianity by Alexander Whitaker. Pocahontas was baptized in the little church in Henricus. Pocahontas took the Christian name Rebecca. 1614 Pocahontas was married on April 5 to John Rolfe in Henricus. Her father did not attend the wedding, but sent representatives from the tribe. 1615 Pocahontas gave birth to Thomas Rolfe. 1616 Pocahontas traveled to England to help promote the Virginia colony. She was received like royalty and was entertained at the court of King James I. 1617 Pocahontas got sick on the voyage back to Virginia. She died on March 21 in England. She was buried at St. Georges Church in Gravesend, UK.

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