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 I would say the biggest historical errors would be romanticizing between John Smith and Pocahontas since she was 11 and he was triple her age. Another big error was the people that came to Jamestown other than the Governor Ratcliff in the way that they were made to be common people who weren't business men that thought the journey would be an easy money grab. Then with Pocahontas being the princess of the chief was entirely wrong since she was one of around 40 kids.-Ryan K.
+What are the problems with Pocahontas? Well, many a thing actually. The main issue that stood out to me was the fact that Pocahontas and John Smith had such a romantic relationship. It was honestly gross to see the movie knowing the actual age difference after talking about it in class. Another historically inaccurate point was John Smith being the big ole savior, this is obviously drawn from his own unreliable narrative. Yet another aspect that really stood out to me was that when Powhatan arrives back in the beginning of the movie and he goes “Where is my daughter”...like dawg had many children, if it were historically accurate 20 of his daughters would run forward, but in the movie he was obviously just speaking about Pocahontas. -Anj
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 **Even though the main plot line of Pocahontas is a huge historical inaccuracy all together and watching this movie through a historical lens probably ruined it for me, I still think that’s important because while it might not have all the facts straight it can still introduce children to Pocahontas, Jamestown, settlements,  New World exploration, and Native American culture/customs at a relatively young age.** —Maddy W
+I think that Pocahontas is a good introduction to children in a manner to get them familiar with this certain part of history. There are many aspects of this which highly appeal to children, such as the sort of personification of animals, the romance between John and Pocahontas. -Anj