Captain John Smith Research Paper

Captain John Smith was born January 1580 they don't know the actually date, in Willoughby, United Kingdom. Cap. Smith decided to have a life of combat and served with the English Army abroad. He eventually had made his way to America to help govern the British Colony of Jamestown. Smith was captured and enslaved, he was sent to what is now Istanbul and served a kindhearted mistress, who didn't want him as her slave, so she sent him to her brothers to do farm work. After receiving harsh treatment from his master, Smith later killed him and escaped, eventually returning to escaped, eventually returning to England in the 1600's. He later went to meet with capt. Bartholomew Gosnold, he was involved with organizing a colony sponsored by the Virginia company of London that would be …show more content…
When they had arrived the settlement was named Jamestown and would eventually be known as the first permanent British North American colony. The population had dwindled as colonists succumbed to starvation and disease. While on the new land the settlers were not alone, as they were attempting to claim a region that was home to multiple Native American communities, later understood to be part of the Powhatan Confederacy. When released from custody weeks after arrival Smith help overturn the leadership of colony President Edward Wingfield. While exploring the new land Smith was captured along the Chickahominy River, by a Native band and taken to Algonquin Chief Wahunsonacock, whom the England referred to as Powhatan. It is said that Powhatan's 12 year old daughter, Pocahontas, rushed to save smith from being killed as he was held down. Historians still question whether this event actually happened, as the relationship between Smith and Pocahontas has been largely romanticized by popular culture. They also theorized that Smith had been taken part in a ritualized acceptance ceremony rather than an actual execution.