Reading 1
2. a. Who
was Pocahontas? How did she get her name?
Pocahontas
was the daughter of Chief Powhatan. She got her name for her beauty and
liveliness. Pocahontas means playful one.
b. Why did
the Powhatans not like the settlers?
Powhatans
didn’t like the settlers because the settlers kill the native people and take their
lands.
c. How did
Pocahontas help John Smith twice?
Pocahontas helped John Smith twice by saving his life. The first time, she persuaded her father not to kill John Smith. The second time, she revealed her father's secret plan of murdering John Smith, enabling him to escape.
d. How did
Captain Argall manage to capture Pocahontas as a hostage?
Captain
Argall took the help of Chief Japazaws to lure Pocahontas onto his ship. He
invited the Chief with his wife and Pocahontas to visit his ship. Thus he
managed to take Pocahontas as a hostage.
e. What did
Captain Argall expect to achieve by holding Pocahontas to ransom?
Captain
Argall expected the release of English prisoners and the return of English
weapons tools by holding Pocahontas to ransom.
f. How did
captivity change Pocahontas’ life forever?
Pocahontas
learned the English language. She also learned English customs and way of life. She
took Christianity and married an Englishman. Her marriage with an Englishman brought
peace and harmony among the warring natives and settlers.
g. Why did
Pocahontas go to England?
Pocahontas
and her family along with some native women went to England to raise support
for their settlements in America.
h. How was
Pocahontas received in England?
Pocahontas
was received well in England. She toured all of England and her presence in London
created a sensation. He visited several important persons there including the
king.
Reading: 2
1. This
narration brings out the conflict between the Native Americans and the colonists.
List the reasons of conflict and how it was resolved?
Colonists
were occupying the land and other resources of the native people. They were
killing the native people with their modern weapons. The native people were
resisting their efforts to establish colonies. The native people were refusing
to give the colonists the necessary food.
The
conflict is resolved by trading. The native people offered food in exchange for
the colonists’ tools and other goods.
2. What do you
think of the settlers who sailed thousands of miles away to unknown lands in
the 17th century, when travel and communications, healthcare, etc. were not
very advanced as today? What difficulties do you think they faced?
I think the
settlers were desperate to find new lands and new opportunities. Some of them
mush have died because of ill health and malnutrition. Some might have lost
their way in the sea. Some might have been killed by natives. They braved vast expanses of seas, unfriendly
natives, unknown diseases, and unpredictable weather to reach places that were thousands
of miles away. These were the difficulties they faced.
3. The memory of
Pocahontas is honored with a life-sized bronze statue at St George Church in
Kent. You have been invited to write an epitaph (words written about a person
on their gravestone) in about 50 words to be engraved under the state. Write
the epitaph.
Here is the
woman who brought peace between two warring communities with her love and
compassion. She had made her people prosper. History remembers her as the first-ever black woman to marry an Englishman. She is a true daughter of the Powhatan
clan, who ensured the safety of native people.