Captain John Smith was an English explorer, colonial leader, and author who played an important role in establishing the Jamestown colony in Virginia as its third president. He was born in 1580 in England and left home at age 16 after his father died. In 1606, he was one of the 100 men who traveled to establish the first permanent English settlement in the New World at Jamestown. While serving as Jamestown's president from September 1608 to August 1609, Smith established order and law, ensuring the colony's survival through difficult early years.

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Captain John Smith
James Town 1607

2. INTRODUCTION
• CAPTAIN SMITH WAS AN EXPLORER,
PRESIDENT, AND A JOURNALIST
• CAPTAIN SMITH WAS ONE OF THE 100 BRAVE
MEN TO GOTO THE NEW WORLD IN 1606.
• JOHN SMITH LEFT O,E AT AGE 16 AFTER HIS
FATHER DIED IN 1595.
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3. Tap
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• SMITH WAS BORN IN WILLOUGHBY, ENGLAND
IN JANUARY 1580.
• John Smith was baptized on 6 January 1580 in
Willoughby
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JAMES TOWN
• John Smith was elected in 1608
• Smith made the law of, "Who
shall not work, shall not eat."
• In December of 1607, Smith was
captured by the Werowocomoco
tribe and they were going to
bash his brains out then
Pocahontas demanded that he
lived.

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• In 1610 Smith was in an explosion
• His leg was injured and he set sail to sail back to
England to get medical assistance
• Smith arrived in England and survived

6. A Hero
• Captain Smith is a hero to me because he was one of
the brave men who wanted to help Jamestown and
wanted it to be a successful colony
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7. Fact Found On:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smith_(explo
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8. By: Tatum P.
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