When you sit down to watch TV or a movie, you don't think about how much it references the foundations of American politics. Whether it is politics, political power, one of the bases of democracy, federalism or political culture, it is shown in almost every episode of a television series or film produced. With so many crime dramas on TV or war films coming out in theaters where it is obvious to see the connection between the two, not so commonplace that you would think of seeing the foundations of American politics in Disney films. Over the nearly ten years that Disney has been producing films, some of them show many different aspects of American politics, one of which is Pocahontas. Pocahontas is Disney's 33rd animated film, set in early 17th century Virginia. The film is based on Pocahontas, a Native American daughter of Chief Powhatan of the Powhatan tribe located in the New World. When British settlers from the Virginia Company, including Governor Ratcliffe and John Smith, land in the New World in search of gold, they encounter the Powhatan tribe as they begin building Jamestown and mining for the precious metal. While the rest of the crew builds Jamestown on Governor Ratcliffe's orders, John Smith begins exploring the wilderness, where he meets Pocahontas. The two quickly bond and fall in love with each other, even though Chief Powhatan gave his daughter strict orders to stay away from the English after some members of the tribe, including Kocoum, the Native American warrior who Pocahontas is getting married, they enter into a relationship. fight with a group of settlers. Word reaches Kocoum that Pocahontas is spending time with John Smith, and she goes to compare... middle of paper... Native Americans based solely on her race and social class. This affects his decisions when it comes to engaging in a war with the Native Americans and his attempt to shoot and kill Chief Powhatan. There are many different values ​​that each character has that support political socialization and political culture. It's not just films like Pocahontas that reference the foundations of American politics, but they can be found in many other TV shows and films. Pocahontas showed many connections to politics, political power, and political culture across two completely different groups of people: the Powhatan tribe and the settlers of Jamestown. American politics and its foundations can not only be found in movies or television series, but in everyday life and it is important to realize the impact something like this can have on people without even realizing it..