After landing in Virginia, Captain John Smith was captured by the Powhatan Indians. ... John Smith and Pocahontas fell in love, but Smith was eventually sent away to start his own expedition and his death was falsely reported to Pocahontas. ... Which brings me to my second point, Pocahontas and John Smith were not romantically involved. ... According to John Smith, it was for and to Pocahontas alone that he finally released Native prisoners.The following year, according to Smith, she warned him of an Indian plot to take his life. ... Last inaccuracy, was that John Smith sent away by king'...

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During this time period, John Ratcliff was in charge of the colony. John Smith also is accurately played out. ... John Smith also looked nothing like he did in the movie. ... Also in the movie, John and Pocahontas seem to be the same age. ... The story of JOhn Smith being rescued by Pocahontas was made into fact in the movie while iot is unclear if he was truley rescued by her. ...

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John Smith's "A Description of New England" was a story of America, accounted through a set of rose-colored glasses. ... John Smith was trying to recruit people to come to America, so naturally his account is biased. ... John Smith's account hands you happiness and success on a silver platter, but it seems to be so much more satisfying to struggle through, and earn that happiness, and earn that success. ...

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The narrative document, "The General History of Virginia" by John Smith, and the drama called "The Indian Princess" by Nelson Barker, including the third film "Pocahontas" all share the same ideal theme of 17th century English settlers coming to the New World. ... John Smith led the expedition for King James. ... John smith writes this story in third person. ... She and John meet, but this romance bubble is busted when John Rolfe wishes to take the hand of chief Powhatan daughter. ... This has many similarities with the narrative "The General History of Virginia" by John Smith considering the ...

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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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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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In the passage from Captain John Smith (a person in charge of this voyage), we get the sense that Indians were pure savages and intentionally were exterminating colonists. ... Captain Smith and his crew stall food from the tribe. ... In the passage, Smith reports that while his own people were dying very rapidly, savages took that advantage to settle the score. ...

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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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