Episode 10 - The Kidnapping of Pocahontas

A History of the United States

Jamie Redfern

Higher Education, History, Education, Society & Culture

4.6 • 519 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2015

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

This week the English decide to kidnapping the Powhatan princess, Pocahontas. We also cover the state of the colony in the 1610s, Pocahontas' trip to England in 1616, the early growth of the tobacco industry (tomacco references aplenty) and look at the creation of the first democratic American institution, Virginia's House of Burgesses.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to a history of the United States. Episode 10, The Kidnapping of Pocahontas.
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1:01.6	So, in April 1613, the English kidnapped Pocahontas.
1:08.7	Yeah, that happened.
1:14.6	I said last week that nothing really happened for a few years.
1:21.3	Well, the narrative just sort of restarts with the English suddenly kidnapping Pocahontas,
1:26.0	the now 17 or 18-year-old daughter of Wilhelm Sonnycock.
1:30.7	Argyll had been sailing along the Potomac and had become very friendly with the tribes in the area. This is highly significant as it showed Wahunsonicox
1:38.1	disintegrating power base. While the English suffered once the Powhatans were able to deal with other Europeans,
1:47.1	so they would suffer once the English began to form diplomatic links with other tribes.
1:54.2	Argyll managed to get some of them to support his plan of kidnapping her
1:58.8	in order to gain some diplomatic advantage with Wahon-Sonococque.
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