John Smith 1580-1631 Flashcards
Veteran of
Supply missions
Travelled huge distances and produced a map
Most successful colonists in
Trading with indigenous population
Ventured into
Powhatan territory
Famous encounter with Opechancanough
Encounter with Opechancanough
Claimed his life was spared by the intervention of the chief’s daughter ‘Pocahontas’
Who ruled in the intermission when Smith was in England
Ratcliffe
Third supply mission
Supplied 7 ships
2-300 people
Few supplies
Elected President of the Council
September 1608
Colonists’ pleas to
Leave Jamestown
Desert the colony
Smith established
Rigorous discipline
Started to build dwellings
Cleared land
April 1609
Rats and damp destroyed all the corn stores
Drought
3rd supply mission failed to
Bring food
Badly injured by
Gunpowder exploding
October 1609
Smith returned to England
Winter 1609-1610
The Starving Time
Of 500 colonists, 150 survived the winter
June 1610
Jamestown abandoned
Deliverance and Patience sailed down James River
Deserters
Intercepted by De la Warr
De la Warr
New governor
Made the deserters return to Jamestown
John Smith’s work
General History of Virginia
Post-gunpowder incident, Smith
Did not return to Virginia
Remained active in adventuring and settlement in America
Sailed further north to area he referred to as New England
