There are two main figures that had a great impact on the American history, Pocahontas and Benjamin Franklin. Pocahontas and Benjamin Franklin both faced various historical developments that had impacted them positively and negatively. Pocahontas was born in 1596 and was Native American, mainly known for her association with the colonial settlement of Jamestown, Virginia. She was known to be the daughter of the most powerful Native American in Virginia. She was known to take interest in aiding out the new settlers from England and become the peacemaker between the Native Americans and the British. This path that she chose was the cause of her early death, at the age of 20 or 21 on March 1617. On the other hand, Benjamin Franklin was born