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Captain John Smith
Captain John Smith was an English explorer. He is credited with the success of Jamestown. He wrote about many of his adventures, including how Pocahontas threw herself across his body to save him from her father's wrath. However, it is widely believed that many of his stories were dramatized versions of events, and sometimes outright falsehoods.
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Captain Smith was not very popular even though he was saving the lives of the settlers how would you account for that?
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he was silly man
Where did captain John Smith grow up?
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He was born and raised in Wiloughby, Lincolnshire, England; and lived there until he was 16 when he became a sailor on a merchant trade ship.
Did Pocahontas save John Smith life?
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In actual history (not fictional accounts) Smith's first diaries did not mention her at all, it was only 7 years later he claimed that she saved his life while with the tribe. It is open to debate about which account is the true one.
Why did John Smith Leave England?
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He had to leave because while he was in one of the boats some gunpowder exploded giving a large burn on his leg. He had to go to England to have it treated.
Why was captain smith's body never found?
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No one knows where he died. Most people believe that it was in the bridge, but there is no body in there. Its just that no one knows. I would look in his room, but it would be too hard to get in there now.
What did John Smith discover?
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William Smith was a noted geologist and English engineer. He is probably best known his involvement in developing the science of stratigraphy. William "Strata" Smith is also known for his geological map of part of Great Britain in 1815.
What did John Smith forced colonists to do?
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Yes infact what he did is make the rich work along side the poor since the rich thought they didnt have to work
Will not work shall not eat said John Smith to the settlers of?
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kayla vivica and ja'ziyah
What did john smith found?
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Captain John Smith of England was the founder of Jamestown.
When did Pocahontas meet john smith?
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When Pocahontas was 12 years old. Pocahontas was 12 years old in 1607.
What colony did Captain John Smith establish?
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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."
Why did John Smith settle to Jamestown?
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if he colonized Virginia the Virginia compony was going to pay him.
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What did John white and John smith have in common?
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Political events shaped their art.
Changes in the church affected both of their lives.
What did john smith find on his voyages?
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When Smith arrived in Jamestown he found 37 men alive out of 107 that had first settled there. A lack of food, disease, a fort on swampy land and bad water were the problems he found. He took control of the colony and made the rule that if you didn't work you didn't eat. This proved very unpopular so after a while there someone tried to murder him. While he was sleeping they poured gunpowder over him and set it on fire. He was burned and was forced to return to England. He may have met Pocahontas while there, but the story about her saving his life didn't come out until 1624 in a book about him and Jamestown. There is no historical record of this having taken place and she was dead by 1617 and buried in England.
What religious group was led by John Smith?
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I believe you are thinking of Joseph Smith, and his starting of the Mormon religion
What boat did John Smith come on to US?
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what boat did john smith come on to the US
When did john smith die and when was he born?
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The great John Smith was born on January 6,1580
What native Americans did John Smith befriend?
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I don't know i just looked this up and this is what happend
