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- Pocahontas (US: /ˌ poʊ kə ˈ hɒ ntə s/ ⓘ , UK: /ˌ pɒ k-/; born Amonute,[1] also k n o wn as Matoaka and Rebecca Rolfe; c. 1596 - March 1617) was a Native A m e rican woman belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her associa t i on with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She was the d a u ghter of Powhatan, the paramount chief[2] of a network of tributary t r i bes in the Tsenacommacah, encompassing the Tidewater region of what i s t o day the U.S. state of Virginia.
Pocahontas was captured and held for ransom by English colonists during h o s tilities in 1613. During her captivity, she was encouraged to convert t o C h ristianity and was baptized under the name Rebecca. She married the t o b acco planter John Rolfe in April 1614 at the age of about 17 or 18, a n d s he bore their son, Thomas Rolfe, in January 1615.[1]
Pocahontas (US: /ˌ poʊ kə ˈ hɒ ntə s/ ⓘ , UK: /ˌ pɒ k-/; born A monute,[1] also k n o wn as Matoaka and Rebecca Rolfe; c. 1596 - March 1 617) was a Native A m e rican woman belonging to the Powhatan people, n otable for her associa t i on with the colonial settlement at Jamestown , Virginia. She was the d a u ghter of Powhatan, the paramount chief[2] o f a network of tributary t r i bes in the Tsenacommacah, encompassing t he Tidewater region of what i s t o day the U.S. state of Virginia.
Pocahontas was captured and held for ransom by English colonists during h o s t ilities in 1613. During her captivity, she was encouraged to convert t o C h r istianity and was baptized under the name Rebecca. She married the t o b a cco planter John Rolfe in April 1614 at the age of about 17 or 18, a n d s h e bore their son, Thomas Rolfe, in January 1615.[1]
Pocahontas (US: / poÊŠ kÉ™ hÉ’ ntÉ™ s/ ˜ , UK: / pÉ’ k-/; born Amonute,[1] also k n o wn as Matoaka and Rebecca Rolfe; c. 1596 - March 1617) was a Native A m e rican woman belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her associa t i on wi th the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She was the d a u ghter of Powhatan, the paramount chief[2] of a network of tributary t r i bes in the Tsenacommacah, encompassing the Tidewater region of what i s t o day the U.S. state of Virgin ia.
Pocahontas was captured and held for ransom by English colonists during h o s tilities in 1613. During her captivity, she was encouraged to convert t o C h ristianity and was baptized under the name Rebecca. She married the t o b acco planter Joh n Rolfe in April 1614 at the age of about 17 or 18, a n d s he bore their son, Thomas Rolfe, in January 1615.[1]
Pocahontas (US: / poÊŠ kÉ™ hÉ’ ntÉ™ s/ ˜ , UK: / pÉ’ k-/; born A monute,[1] also k n o wn as Matoaka and Rebecca Rolfe; c. 1596 - March 1 617) was a Native A m e rican woman belonging to the Powhatan people, n otable for her associa t i o n with the colonial settlement at Jamestown , Virginia. She was the d a u ghter of Powhatan, the paramount chief[2] o f a network of tributary t r i bes in the Tsenacommacah, encompassing t he Tidewater region of what i s t o day the U.S. state o f Virginia.
Pocahontas was captured and held for ransom by English colonists during h o s t ilities in 1613. During her captivity, she was encouraged to convert t o C h r istianity and was baptized under the name Rebecca. She married the t o b a cco planter J ohn Rolfe in April 1614 at the age of about 17 or 18, a n d s h e bore their son, Thomas Rolfe, in January 1615.[1]
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Abt 1595 - 1617 (22 years)