I need to the following about pocahontas......?

Question

The date of her birth and date:

Place of birth:

Major Contribution(s) made by the individual and when:

Please make sure that you really know and it's not from the movie because thats not all true.

Also any other fun interesting facts about her social life and cutural background....

Thanks!!

Answer 1

Pocahontas actually had three names over the course of her life. The Powhatan name given to her at birth was "Matoax" or "Little Snow Feather." Her public name was "Pocahontas" which means "Little Wanton" or "Girl who likes to frolic and play." Whites initially speculated that 'Pocahontas' meant "Bright Stream Between Two Hills." The name "Pocahontas" may, in fact, have been a term of affection that was given to several of Powhatan's daughters (Powhatan is said to have had several wives and many children). Pocahontas's third name, Rebecca, was given to her when she received a Christian baptism.

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The Powhatans practiced a polytheistic religion. Their most powerful deity was Okeus who was thought to be responsible for all evil. The Powhatans believed that Okeus had to be appeased in order to prevent misfortune for their people. They therefore sacrificed one child to him annually. The Powhatans also believed in a less powerful god, Ahone, who was beneficent and did not require sacrifices, but to whom all Powhatans paid homage.

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The Powhatans believed that they had been created by a giant hare who kept them in a large bag. A group of old women attacked the hare until he decided to release his prisoners allowing them to inhabit the earth.

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Many historians doubt Smith's romantic story of being rescued by the ten-year-old Pocahontas. Smith's story seems doubtful because he published it the same year that Pocahontas traveled to England and became an important celebrity (1616), years after Smith's own return to England. In addition, Smith is known to have told similar stories about his experiences in other parts of the world. He claimed, for example, that a beautiful Turkish Princess had saved his life when he was a captive in Hungary.

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While visiting England, Pocahontas was accused of living in sin because she was married both to John Rolfe and an Indian named Kocoum, whom she supposedly married in 1610. It is not known whether this accusation was truthful or created by an enemy of Pocahontas.

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Pocahontas's husband, John Rolfe, returned to Jamestown after her death but left their son, Thomas, in England to receive an education. When he was 20 years of age, Thomas moved to the English colonies in America, where he became an important member of the community.

Name: Pocahontas

Born: c. 1595 near present-day Jamestown

Died: March 1617

Pocahontas, the Indian princess born around 1595 was the favorite daughter of the powerful chief, Powhatan, who ruled over an expansive area that included what we now know as Virginia. Pocahontas is known for aiding the English in their attempts to settle the North American continent and for becoming one of the first Native Americans to be accepted and honored in Europe.

Pocahontas is said to have saved the life of John Smith, one of the first English settlers, in 1607. It is not clear whether the ten-year-old girl actually did offer her own life to save his or whether this famous tale is a myth. She did, however, become a close friend of John Smith after he helped save the colony from starvation and immediate failure. Pocahontas continued to help the Jamestown colony even after Smith returned to England in 1609 and after her father and the English were no longer on friendly terms.

In 1613 Pocahontas was captured by Captain Samuel Argall who hoped to ransom her in exchange for English prisoners and weapons, which were in Powhatan's possession. During her captivity, Pocahontas was treated as a royal hostage and learned a great deal about English culture. She was baptized in 1614 and received the Christian name, Rebecca. Powhatan, meanwhile, did not grant the English wishes and war between the two cultures continued.

It was not until Pocahontas asked for Powhatan's permission to marry an Englishman named John Rolfe, whom she had met during her captivity, that her father made peace with the English. With Powhatan's permission, Pocahontas and John Rolfe were married on April 5, 1614 - a marriage that created an important political alliance between the English and Powhatans until Powhatan died in 1618.

In 1616, Pocahontas and John Rolfe, together with their son Thomas (born 1615) and several Indian men and women, traveled to England. In England, Pocahontas was introduced to King James I and Queen Anne and became the center of attention in English society. She had her portrait painted by famous artists and was reunited with her friend John Smith

Pocahontas became deathly ill just as she and her family planned to leave England in 1617. She died in March 1617, a

Answer 2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas

Answer 3

Ck out the Williamsburg Va Historical website

Answer 4

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