... (Lemay, XIV). Pocahontas soon developed an affection for the settlers and brought them food often. In early December, 1607, Smith and seven other colonists, among them, John Robinson, Geroge Cassen, and Thomas Emry, decided to venture into the Chickahominy River country to obtain corn from the inhabitants (Woodward ... began to feel ill, seemingly suffering from some sort of respiratory ailment. Soon after traveling to Brentford to aid her recuperation, an unexepected visitor, John Smith, came (Holler 94). After a brief exchange, the two parted cordially, never to speak again. Finally, ...

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... box when they arrived. These names were the people who were picked to run the colony. They were Christopher Newport, Bartholomew Gosnold, John Ratcliff, Edward Maria (haha) Wingfield, George Kendall, and John Smith. After being locked up in the bottom of the ship most of the trip for a fight the other 6 men refused to let ... John Smith help lead the colony. After Smith predicted an Indian attack they let him in, he then told the men to finish building the fort. By the summer of ... and other items to trade for corn, bread, and meat. Since the colonists were not fully trusted they got...

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... to establish any kind of relationship with the Powhatan Indians and suffered attacks that killed many of them. 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 ... the favorable relations he created. He also established the no work, no food policy and implemented discipline on the remaining men of the colony. John Smith returned to England in 1609 after a gun powder accident that required medical attention but he continued to promote the colon...

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... food. A ship came to save them and took all but fifteen men back to England. The mystery of Roanoke begins with the third expedition of 1587. John White was named governor of the colony, which included women and children. This mission was only going to be a success if the families were completely involved ... were abandoned and that there were no clues to what happened to the fifteen men. The next step was to find a new place to settle. John White and the English had decided that the place to settle was to be in the Chesapeake Bay area. The colonists did not want to settle ... until twen...

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... 2 Indians, Samoset and Tisquantum brought the message to the Pilgrims that their chief, Massasoit, wished to speak with them. From there, Governor John Carver and Massasoit worked out a peace treaty, making them allies. The relations between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans remained peaceful. The pilgrims relied ... that all the Indians should be Christianized and educated. Missionaries were sent from Europe to the New World, and one such missionary was John Eliot. John Eliot was a Puritan Minister who migrated to America in 1631, and believed that the Indians had a chance and was o...

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... Massachusetts the magistrate created several Sabbath laws, which regarded Sunday as the Lord's Day. In Massachusetts the Sabbath laws were enforced frequently. In the town of Salem in 1668, John Smith and Mrs. John Kitchin were fined "for frequent absenting themselves from the public worship of God on the Lord's day." Magistrate also created strict laws against Quakers and persecuted them cruelly. On ... ...

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