American Genesis The book American Genesis Captain John Smith and the Founding of Virginia, by Alden T. Vaughan, speaks on John Smith, his attributions to the New World, and the struggles the New World had. After several brave encounters, John Smith gained recognition from Bartholomew Gosnold. ... This broadly shows how Captain John Smith impacted the New World. ... Vaughan does this through his detailed stories of John Smith's enslavement. ...

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Without the leadership of John Smith, they might have all perished. John Smith was one of the seven members of the governing body that the Virginia Company of London appointed but he lost his seat at council due to a brawl on the ship. ... The period following the departure of John Smith was known as the "Starving Time" which spanned from the winter of 1609 through the spring of 1610. ... Without the presence of John Smith or Sir Thomas Gates, these settlers went through a very disastrous winter. ... Unlike John Smiths laws that were martial, these laws were civil laws but they c...

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In 1606, a joint-stock company called the Virginia Company of London was formed in order to find gold in the New World and was also formed to find a passage through America to the Indies. The Virginia Company set sail for America in 1606 with three ships. They first land on Chesapeake Bay, but were ...

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Their leader at the time, John Smith, had to befriend the local Powhatan Indians, and with the help of their 12-year-old princess, Pocahontas to obtained food from them (Murrin, 59). ... In 1629 several English Puritans obtained a charter for the Massachusetts Bay Company, led by it Governor, John Winthrop and carried the charter to America, beyond the gaze of Charles I. ... The colony was originally ran by the council of Seven Presidents, then the Captain John Smith, who had led initial part of the settlement. ...

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The video further indicates a period of peace between colonists and neighboring Powhatans in 1614 upon the union of John Rolfe and Pocahontas. ... Also, a portion of the weaponry was to ensure the militant ruling of Jamestown after John Smith arrived, enforcing the 'He that will not work, shall not eat' mentality (Foner, 56). ... Simply that she married John Rolfe, there was peace, and then she moved to England. ...

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