John Smith 1580-1631

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Veteran of

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Supply missions
Travelled huge distances and produced a map

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Most successful colonists in

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Trading with indigenous population

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Ventured into

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Powhatan territory
Famous encounter with Opechancanough

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Encounter with Opechancanough

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Claimed his life was spared by the intervention of the chief’s daughter ‘Pocahontas’

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Who ruled in the intermission when Smith was in England

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Ratcliffe

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Third supply mission

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Supplied 7 ships
2-300 people
Few supplies

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Elected President of the Council

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September 1608

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Colonists’ pleas to

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Leave Jamestown
Desert the colony

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Smith established

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Rigorous discipline
Started to build dwellings
Cleared land

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April 1609

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Rats and damp destroyed all the corn stores
Drought

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3rd supply mission failed to

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Bring food

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Badly injured by

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Gunpowder exploding

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October 1609

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Smith returned to England

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Winter 1609-1610

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The Starving Time
Of 500 colonists, 150 survived the winter

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June 1610

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Jamestown abandoned
Deliverance and Patience sailed down James River

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Deserters

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Intercepted by De la Warr

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De la Warr

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New governor
Made the deserters return to Jamestown

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John Smith’s work

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General History of Virginia

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Post-gunpowder incident, Smith

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Did not return to Virginia
Remained active in adventuring and settlement in America
Sailed further north to area he referred to as New England