Pocahontas
Growing up
thesis
Marriage to John Rolfe and the rescue of John Smith
Birth of Thomas Rolfe and the death of Pocahontas
work cited
1.Source: "Pocahontas." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2015. Web. 27 Oct. 2015
How it relates to the project: This article explains information about her childhood, marriage, accomplishments, and beliefs.
2. Source: "Wedding of Pocahontas." Photos/Illustrations. Library of Congress. American History. ABC-CLIO, 2015. Web. 27 Oct. 2015.
How it relates to the project: This article talks about Pocahontas’s marriage to John Rolfe in 1614, who developed a strain of tobacco which would provide the colony of Virginia a very popular cash crop.
3. Source: "Pocahontas Saves John Smith: 1607." Global Events: Milestone Events Throughout History. Ed. Jennifer Stock. Vol. 6: North America. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2014. Student Resources in Context. Web. 27 Oct. 2015.
How it relates to the project: This article explains how Pocahontas saved John Smith from the Native Americans in 1607. She threw herself over him right before he was going to be executed and convinced her father to release him.
4. Source: "The Earliest Women: Native Americans." Women in America. Woodbridge, CT: Primary Source Media, 1999. American Journey. Student Resources in Context. Web. 27 Oct. 2015.
How it relates to the project: This article talks about Pocahontas’s desire for peace between tribes. Despite her courage for peace, she later gets captured by the tribe.
5. Source: "Jamestown Colony." Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: Government and Politics. Detroit: Gale, 2009.Student Resources in Context. Web. 28 Oct. 2015
How it relates to the project: This article explains the Jamestown colony and Pocahontas’s effects on the colony.