John Smith

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John Smith

• The General History
• Of Virginia

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• Born in ______ in ___________, England, John
  Smith left home at age _____ after his father
  died.
• From early youth he was a ________, and for
  _______ years he was in wars in the Netherlands.

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• At the age of ________, already greatly renowned,
  he sailed for _________ on Dec. 19, _______ with
  Captain Christopher Newport.
• Newport commanded ______ vessels that bore _____
  emigrants who were preparing to form the colony
  of Virginia under the grant and direct patronage
  of ____________.

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• Smith had made himself so useful that the _______
  named him as one of the councilors of the new
  ________.
• The voyage was by the __________ route, and was
  long and tedious.

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• The _____ anchored May 13, ______.
• The settlement received the name of ____________,
  in further demonstration of _________ to the
  king.

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• When the first re-supply ship did not return to
  Jamestown in __________, John Smith set out to
  trade with the Indians for _______.

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• In December _____, Smith was captured by several
  Indian warriors and taken to a local ______ named
  Powhatan.

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• Smith was made to take part in some sort of
  ______ or ______, after which, in keeping with an
  Indian custom, he was made a subordinate chief in
  the __________.

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• Smith was convinced that _____________,
  Powhatans ____ year old daughter, had saved his
  life.

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• By early 1608 only _____ of the original ______
  colonists were still alive
• Due to bad government and near chaos, Smith was
  eventually elected ____________ of the local
  council in September ______.

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• Badly wounded by a ___________ explosion in the
  fall of ______, Smith returned to England.
• Smith spent his remaining years in ________
  writing books about ________.
• Smith died in ________.