Virginia

The four major rivers in Africa are:

- The Nile River

- The Niger River

- The Congo River

- The Zambezi River

All the facts I am presenting you I learned from either my social studies teacher, or this really cool atlas called Millennium World Atlas, published by Rand McNally.

Nile River

.flows north

.empties out into the Mediterranean Sea

.There is the Blue Nile, White Nile, and Nile, all part of the Nile river

.Nile starts in Sudan

Niger River

.empties in the Gulf of Guinea

.starts in Guinea

Congo River

.starts in Democratic Republic of the Congo

.empties in Atlantic ocean

Zambezi River

.starts in Zambia

.empties out into to Mozambique channel

The list above appears to be all the passengers on the Mayflower. Of the 102 passengers, about 50 died by the summer of 1621--many of them while the ship lay at anchor in Plymouth harbor, as they had not constructed sufficient houses on shore before winter set in.

These are all the people who sailed on the Mayflower

*Mr. John Carver, Katherine his wife, Desire Minter, and two manservants, John Howland, Roger Wilder. William Latham, a boy, and a maidservant and a child that was put to him called Jasper More.

*Mr. William Brewster, Mary, his wife, with two sons, whose names were Love and Wrestling. And a boy was put to him called Richard More, and another of his brothers. The rest of his children were left behind and came over afterwards.

*Mr. Edward Winslow, Elizabeth his wife and two menservants called George Soule and Elias Story; also a little girl was put to him called Ellen, the sister of Richard More.

*William Bradford and Dorothy his wife, having but one child, a son left behind who came afterward.

*Mr. Isaac Allerton and Mary his wife, with three children, Bartholomew, Remember and Mary. And a servant boy John Hooke.

*Mr. Samuel Fuller and a servant called William Button. His wife was behind, and a child which came afterwards.

*John Crackston and his son John Crackston.

*Captain Myles Standish and Rose his wife.

*Mr. Christopher Martin and his wife and two servants, Solomon Prower and John Langmore.

*Mr. William Mullins and his wife and two children, Joseph and Priscilla; and a servant, Robert Carter.

*Mr. William White and Susanna his wife and one son called Resolved, and one born a-shipboard called Peregrine, and two servants named William Holbeck and Edward Thompson.

*Mr. Stephen Hopkins and Elizabeth his wife, and two children called Giles and Constanta, a daughter, both by a former wife. And two more by this wife called Damaris and Oceanus; the last was born at sea. And two servants called Edward Doty and Edward Lester.

*Mr. Richard Warren, but his wife and children were left behind and came afterwards.

*John Billington and Ellen his wife, and two sons, John and Francis.

*Edward Tilley and Ann his wife, and two children that were their cousins, Henry Sampson and Humility Cooper.

*John Tilley and his wife, and Elizabeththeir daughter.

*Francis Cooke and his son John; but his wife and other children came afterwards.

*Thomas Rogers and Joseph his son; his other children came afterwards.

*Thomas Tinker and his wife and a son.

*John Rigsdale and Alice his wife.

*James Chilton and his wife, and Mary their daughter; they had another daughter that was married, came afterward.

*Edward Fuller and his wife, and Samueltheir son.

*John Turner and two sons; he had a daughter came some years after to Salem, where she is now living.

*Francis Eaton and Sarah his wife, and Samuel their son, a young child.

*Moses Fletcher, John Goodman, Thomas Williams, Digory Priest, Edmund Margesson, Peter Browne, Richard Britteridge, Richard Clarke, Richard Gardiner, Gilbert Winslow.

*John Alden was hired for a cooper at Southampton where the ship victualed, and being a hopeful young man was much desired but left to his own liking to go or stay when he came here; but he stayed and married here.

*John Allerton and Thomas English were both hired, the latter to go master of a shallop here, and the other was reputed as one of the company but was to go back (being a seaman) for the help of others behind. But they both died here before the ship returned.

*There were also other two seamen hired to stay a year here in the country, William Trevor, and one Ely. But when their time was out they both returned.

These being about a hundred souls, came over in this first ship and began this work, which God of His goodness hath hitherto blessed. Let His holy name have the praise.

IMPROVED ANSWER:

John Smith was an English Soldier and adventurer. He helped establish the first permanent English colony in America, at Jamestown, Virginia.

In 1606, Smith was part of a group that sailed from England in order to establish a colony in Virgina. It was financed by the Virginia Company of London, an organization formed partly by London business people. These people believed gold and silver could be found in America, and the colonists were instructed to transport the precious metals back to England.

The colonists landed in Virginia in 1607, and founded a settlement, which they named Jamestown, in honor of King James I. From the beginning, Jamestown suffered from disease, starvation, and Indian attacks. Most of the colonists were unable or unwilling to work to feed and protect themselves.

Smith served as president of the colony from 1608 to 1609. He enforced order, required all the colonists to work, and traded with the Indians.

Under Smith's leadership, Jamestown was almost free from hunger and disease. Smith sailed back to England in 1609, after being wounded in a gunpowder accident. That winter, the colony was almost wiped out by starvation and Indian raids.

In 1614, John Smith returned to America, and spent several months exploring the coast in the Massachusetts Bay area. He later named this region "New England."