Many of the first settlers were lazy .

so the only way he could make them do work was by taking away their food so now they had to start working

An injury involving gunpowder forced John Smith back to England in 1609. Lord de la Warr took leadership in 1610 and restored the colony's prosperity.

John Smith was so important because he helped the colony in many different ways, in order to start the colony. He quoted "If you don't work, You don't eat."

So they obviously worked more then.

After reading several things about him I would say one of the words would be opportunist. He promoted himself and used every opportunity to do so. One example of this would be his recount of his meeting with the Native Americans in Jamestown. He writes that his life was saved by Pocahontas, but this is not true. Her side of the story can't be told because she was all ready dead when he wrote this. Adventurer is another word to describe him. He had several adventures in exploration before the end of his life. He didn't stop with Jamestown. Hated would be another. The men of Jamestown hated him and tried to murder him. While asleep he had gunpowder sprinkled on him and lit. This gave him burns on his legs so he went back to England for treatment leaving Jamestown. He never returned. All in all I wonder if he would have been a likeable or nice fellow. I don't think so.

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He wasn't important. The story goes he landed and save the colony. Not true. He lied in his book and was hated in by the men in the fort. To get rid of of him gunpowder was sprinkled on him and lit. He suffered severe burns and to go home to England.

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Various historical sources state that Captain John Smith saved the colony by obtaining food from the indigenous peoples and by dictatorial policies, including a rule that those who did not work did not eat. The veracity of his heroic claims have been challenged and restored various times. Please see the link in the discussion below for an interesting read.

Yes, he was its third leader. When the first settlement was established in 1607, captain Christopher Newport may have intended to hang Smith for interference, but found that Smith was designated by the sealed charter as a head of the colony. Newport, Smith, and Edward Wingfield were among the leaders of the first group. He led the colony in 1608 but returned to England due to injury, missing the disastrous winter starvation of 1609-1610.

He helped the settlers survive at Jamestown. There are a lot of people named John Smith that are famous, in order to give a better answer it would be helpful to know which one you are referring to.
Because he led Jamestown out of starvation and was saved by Pocohantas. He also had his hip blown apart by his own gunpowder.

It would be more accurate to say Cabot rediscovered Canada as Lief Erickson discovered it 500 years earlier.

His granddaughter is Virginia Dare. He was killed in an attack by Powhatan.His rule, "no work, no food."

Smith came to Jamestown in it's second year and did not " go to her land". Jamestown settled on an Native American empire of 14,000 people. They took the land with no respect for the people all ready living there. If the land hadn't been the worse in the area the men of Jamestown most likely would have been attacked. As it was the Native Americans knew that there were problems with swampy land, bad water, and disease so the 104 men built a fort in the "slums" of the empire. Later, after returning to England Smith lied in his book about his role in Jamestown and his meeting of Pocahontas, but by that time she was all ready dead.

Yes and no. He was a fortune hunter, very egocentric, and he lied about his time in Jamestown. The men of Jamestown dispatched him by sprinkling gunpowder on him while he slept and set him on fire. He had to go home to get medical treatment.

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John Smith never married Pocahontas. In fact, Pocahontas is only a nickname given to Matoaka meaning playful. When John Smith visited the Powhatan tribe he actually was treated very well. Matoaka was about 11 years old at the time. When Pocahontas was 17, she was abducted and imprisoned in Jamestown for a year. She was released after she agreed to marry John Rolfe. They had a son Thomas Rolfe and Matoaka, then known by the name of Rebecca Rolfe, died at the age of 22 in March of 1617.

Unfortunately it seems that no-one had recorded what John Smith's epitaph said. His monument has been mostly restored, however, the text that was originally on it has been worn away and is now lost.

Because he actually found gold and wanted people to find more so they could get it all dug up. So James Marshall DID discover gold in California in 1849. Also he probably wanted money.

No,AQdam smith don't have wife because most of his histroy saying that so i don't think had wife. I am Student who write Redort about Adam smith and I culdn't found if he had wife or not. So Please help me to write Report about Adam Smith. I don't know what to write so i hope u guys can help thanks

Yes he was the oldest son, but I don't know how many sibblings he had. (really hard to find!!) To this day do not know!

Captain John Smith landed in Jamestown, Virginia.

Smith left Jamestown in the fall of 1609 for England to seek medical treatment. He was hurt when a bag of gunpowder that he had around his waist accidentally ignited and he suffered terrible burns.

I read that John Smith was adopted by Powhatan. Then he and Pocahontas became friends.

Captain John Smith died in London on June 21, 1631. He is buried in St. Sepulchre's Church.

She didn't save Smith.The story we know is not true. Actually the colonist landed in an area of 14,000 Native Americans and in the worse land in the area. Powhatan pretty much left them alone. I think he figured that they would die from the bad water and disease . He was fairly right. Within 6 months there were only 34 men left alive of the 104 who came. It wasn't until after his death that the brother of Powhatan attacked the colony. The story about Smith is also not true. He did NOT save Jamestown. He was only there a very few months and he lied about his contribution to the settlement in a book he wrote several years later. He also made up the story about Pocahontas and she died young so couldn't refute his story. The man who did save Jamestown was the husband of Pocahontas and gave tobacco seeds to the colony. That was John Rolfe.