Pocahontas

John Smith, of Jamestown 1607, faced the difficulties of weather, starvation and the new people of the Native American tribes. He wasn’t the only one who had faces these difficulties, for John Winthrop, a man who took the voyage in 1630 to sail on the Arbella across the Atlantic Ocean for nine weeks. Yet, another memorable member of the 17th century colonial literature would be Jonathan Edwards, who encounters weather and natural disaster in a completely different form than the others. John…

It went from life to death. In the early year of 1607 English settlers traveled to Jamestown, Virginia by ships in looking for gold as well as a settlement. Why did so many colonists die? Colonists died in early Jamestown for three major reasons bad water, unskilled settlers, and poor relations with the Powhatan tribe. One cause of death in the colony is contaminated water, limited amount of food not enough to go around, and drought which then caused starvation for the people. Research shown…

The Jamestown settlement was a vital stepping stone in the development of America and the country it is today. Although it hadn’t become a technologically advanced city, a war machine, or a center for international trade, it still was out first settlement. However, there were many mistakes that they had made. In the May of 1607 English colonists settled in a place in the new world located at the mouth of great bay on the coast of what is now Virginia, in hoped that they would permanently…

Upon the arrival of British settlers in 1607 in what was then referred to as Tsenacomoco, the local political geography, or traditional boundaries that divided the native factions, completely turned on its head. In the half-century that followed, the Colony of Virginia decimated the Powhatan Confederacy, the natives of the land, and oversaw their subjugation. In order to understand the context of the Powhatan demise at the hands of the British, primary texts originating from the period of their…

Jamestown and Massachusetts Bay Colony both had great impacts for the thirteen colonies. Jamestown was the first surviving settlement for the English in the Americas. Jamestown’s survival caused more settlers to come to the Americas in the belief that they too could survive. The Puritans of Massachusetts Bay colony believed only Puritans should have a “voice” over the colony. Non-puritans left Massachusetts to start a new colony because they didn’t want to be pressured to follow the beliefs…

The film Pocahontas is an animated, musical, drama film produced by Walt Disney in the year 1995. The film is about the discovery of the new world. It includes some historical context considering John Smith, Pocahontas and family were once living people. The film is a story of a young woman, Pocahontas, who falls in love with an English settler, John Smith. Their new-found love is forbidden by Pocahontas’ father; Chief Powhatan, and he wants his daughter to marry an Indigenous warrior who could…

Pocahontas observes the conflicts between her people and the English colonists. She also sees how unprepared the English are for the challenges of the new world because she actually helps them with their settlement later on. When she gets married to an Englishman named John Rolfe, her life is changed and one of these changes she notices are the social differences when she visits England with her new family. The English took advantage of this visit by using her to symbolize a good relationship…

Early colonial Americans faced countless hardships throughout their expeditions that took them all over the world. The reason behind these expeditons was to find new lands in hopes of fomrming a new country for themselves and their people. Many kept records of their journeys and wrote about what they encountered first hand throughout them. John Smith, Thomas Paine and Anne Bradstret were among these individuals and each experienced hardships pertaining to numerous different things. John Smith…

As Lewis and i continued our journey we hoped to see horses nearby. Then we saw an Indian on horseback, it was the first time we saw an Indian since Fort Mandan. The Shoshone led us to the chief who ended up being the brother of Sacagawea. Sacagawea was helping us translate as we were bargaining with the Chief. As the price goes higher everyday to trade i ended up having to give my knife, pistol and one hundred rounds of ammunition. In exchange i got horses. Most of the horses were in poor…

Many people died in the disaster of early Jamestown. In the spring of 1607, three ships carrying over 100 sailed to the mouth of Chesapeake Bay and worked their way up the James River. They created the first ever permanent colony in the New World. They came in hopes of possible riches, converting indians to be taught the ways of Jesus Christ. and even a possible hidden trade route to China.But their journey to the New World ended in disasters. The result of so many deaths are Unpreparedness,…