What effect on history did Pocahontas make?

Answer 1

Historically she had very little effect on history, or the events of her day. It was only after her death that she was given romanticized status through modern (and fanciful) story telling. Most of (if not all of) the stories and books about her, modernly more so, are fanciful tales based on two historical facts (if that) about her relations with the Jamestown Colony. The 1995 Disney version is so far removed from the facts that it is considered complete fantasy.

Answer 2

Pocahontas was the daughter of the Algonquin chief of the Powhatan. She was about 12 when Jamestown was settled and was a frequent visitor to the colony. She often supplied food to the colony. In 1613 she was held hostage by Capt. Samuel Argall and in the 4 years that she was held she converted to Christianity. In 1614 she married John Rolfe and while on a trip to England with her husband and son in 1617 she became sick and died. She is buried in Gravesend, England.