SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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Pocahontas
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Massasoit
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Squanto
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Pequots
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Detailed explanation-1: -But relations between the colonists and the Indians remained strained. By 1609, drought, starvation and disease had ravaged the colonists and they became increasingly dependent on the Powhatan to survive.
Detailed explanation-2: -This encounter resulted in the famous story written by Smith of being saved from execution by Pocahontas, Chief Powhatan’s daughter.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to Smith, the chief’s young daughter, Pocahontas, saved him from execution; historians have questioned his account. In any case, the Powhatan released Smith and escorted him back to Jamestown.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1614, Pocahontas converted to Christianity and was baptized “Rebecca.” In April 1614, she and John Rolfe married. The marriage led to the “Peace of Pocahontas; ” a lull in the inevitable conflicts between the English and Powhatan Indians. The Rolfes soon had a son named Thomas.
Detailed explanation-5: -… (and other facts about Jamestown).