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The king of England and Scotland from 1603 until his death in 1625. King James provided the charter for the Virginia Company and was invested in the colonization of Virginia, hoping that England would be able to compete with Spain for spatial and religious conquest over the largest swath of the New World.
King James I Quotes in Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma
The Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma quotes below are all either spoken by King James I or refer to King James I. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Preface Quotes
The mythical Pocahontas who loved John Smith, the English, the Christian faith, and London more than she loved her own father or people or faith or village deeply appealed to the settlers of Jamestown and the court of King James. That Pocahontas also inspired the romantic poets and patriotic myth-makers of the nineteenth century, as well as many twentieth-century producers of toys, films, and books. With one accord, all these storytellers subverted her life to satisfy their own need to believe that the Indians loved and admired them (or their cultural forebears) without resentments, without guile. She deserves better.
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King James I Character Timeline in Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma
The timeline below shows where the character King James I appears in Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 2: What the English Knew
The Virginia Company’s instructions from King James I were influenced by accounts from explorers, linguists, mathematicians, and artists such as Theodor...
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...backers and members of the Virginia Company alike envisioned the Indians becoming loyal “Subjects to king James […] whereas now they live in miserable Slavery.” The English, however, “did not know as...
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Chapter 3: First Contact
...and waiting for help to return, then bluffs by describing the might of Europe, the King of England, and the English’s “innumerable” ships and “terrible manner of fighting.” Powhatan then offers...
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Chapter 4: Jamestown
...him. Newport obliges—and at the meeting, forces Powhatan to submit to having a crown from King James placed on his head, an act that Powhatan likely recognizes as a power play....
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Chapter 6: Imprisonment
...in English clothing, instructed further in the English language, and given a copy of the King James Bible to learn. The reverend, though Pocahontas’s jailer, is “determined to treat her with...
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Chapter 8: In London Town
...Night masque (or longform spectacular performance with elaborate sets and costumes) at the Court of King James. Pocahontas and Rolfe are treated well and seated prominently at the masque, though not...
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Chapter 9: 1622, and Queen Cockacoeske
...of himself as a merchant farmer, and uses his social position at Jamestown to petition King James I for changes to the tobacco importation law that would be in his favor....
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