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Pocahontas was born around 1595
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Pocahontas saved the life of John Smith at a large feast. John Smith was an English settler and leader at Jamestown colony.
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The colonists were starving in the winter, she brought food for Smith and others at Jamestown.
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She was captured and held for ransom.
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John Rolfe was a tobacco farmer.
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She gave birth to their only son, Thomas Rolfe
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John Rolfe, Pocahontas, and Thomas traveled to London with 11 other Powhatans.
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They boarded a ship to sail home to Virginia.
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Pocahontas became ill and soon died.