Pocahontas: English Settlers First Coming To The New World

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The Disney film “Pocahontas” tells the story of when English settlers first came to the “New World”. It portrays how the English tried to claim the land for their own. These English settlers pillaged the Natives’ villages, despite how peaceful the innocent Native Americans proved to be. In the movie, John Smith, one of the many English settlers, falls in love with the Indian Chief’s daughter, Pocahontas and she, him. When the vast number of Englishmen begin destroying the Indians’ homes and land, the Natives fight back and take John Smith hostage. After being saved from the wrath of the Indian Chief by Pocahontas, John Smith then saves her father from a bullet shot by Governor Ratcliffe. After being shot, John Smith is taken back to England

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