The English came with the focus to find gold, expand to new land and territories, and also to eliminate the Natives (in the first place). Throughout the film their views and objectives changed completely and they even sailed back to England. Now with the Virginia colony, this was not the case. The story itself was …show more content…
The film does not have/use enough sufficient information, manipulating and changing the story and characters to the point it does not match the real story of Pocahontas or follow the actions of European settlers at all. The actions of British settlers could be said to be completely different from that of the film, denying to leave, conflicting, but some, but fairly irrelevant information such as precious metals and the destruction of the nature the Natives held dearly can be held to be somewhat accurate. In means of some characters and actions from both sides, Natives and settlers, can be held truthful and relevant but it does not answer the question if the film was relevant or not towards early American expansion and colonisation, therefore this film is not historically relevant towards the understanding colonial expansion, but contact with an Native American nation can be portrayed as relevant and