Pocahontas (Matoaka or Lady Rebecca) - Native American Princess

Birth:

c. 1595, Virginia Region

Death:

March 21, 1617, England

Early Influences:

• Saved the life of Captian John Smith from execution by her tribe
• Converted to Christianity
• Married John Rolfe, a successful tobacco planter

Education:

• No formal education

Major Accomplishments:

• Saved the life of Captain John Smith thereby fostering Native American/Colonist relationship

Significance:

• After saving John Smith's life, she helped bring food to the starving English colonists
• Helped bring peace between the English colonists and the Indians after being captured by the colonists and marrying John Rolfe.
• Showed England that not all 'Indians' were savages as many of them thought

Contemporaries:

• John Smith - Colonial Leader
• James I - King of England
• Tokugawa Ieyasu - Shogun of Japan