USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Strong leader who saved the Jamestown colony. Forced the “gentlemen in the wild” to work.
A
John Smith
B
John Carver
C
John Winthrop
D
Roger Williams
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Captain John Smith was an adventurer, soldier, explorer and author. Through the telling of his early life, we can trace the developments of a man who became a dominate force in the eventual success of Jamestown and the establishment of its legacy as the first permanent English settlement in North America.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: After John Smith left the colony to seek medical treatment in England, he was replaced as president of the Council by George Percy who only lasted in that position for about eight months before a man named Thomas West, the Lord De La Warr was appointed governor.

Detailed explanation-3: -Leadership of Jamestown He instilled greater discipline among the settlers, enforcing the rule “He who will not work shall not eat.” Under Smith’s guiding hand, the colony made progress: The settlers dug the first well, planted crops and began repairing the fort that had burned down the previous winter.

Detailed explanation-4: -Jamestown was established on May 14, 1607. Smith trained the first settlers to work at farming and fishing, thus saving the colony from early devastation. He publicly stated, “He that will not work, shall not eat", alluding to 2 Thessalonians 3:10.

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