What choice did they makeand what were its consequences in the short and long term (be sure to define short and long term asyou see them).
What choice did they makeand what were its consequences in the short and long term (be sure to define short and long term asyou see them).
June 4, 2020 Comments Off on What choice did they makeand what were its consequences in the short and long term (be sure to define short and long term asyou see them). Uncategorized Assignment-helpTownsend’s book Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma [emphasis added] examines the ways bothPowhatan the leader and the Powhatan people, (the many Algonquians who were under Powhatan’sinfluence), were torn between two equally painful choices about what to do with the invasion of theEnglish from 1607 through the 1620s: destroy them or deal with them through trade and diplomacy.Pocahontas, of course, played a central role in this interaction and the ebb and flow betweendiplomacy, suspicion, violence, revenge, and cease-fires. Your task is to choose two events discussedby Townsend in which the dilemma becomes most apparent. What English actions forced the Powhatans to make a choice? What factors made the decision difficult? What choice did they makeand what were its consequences in the short and long term (be sure to define short and long term asyou see them).Ultimately, did one course of action or another seem to be more successful or lead to betterconsequences for the Algonquian people?


