SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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John Rolfe
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Pocahantas
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John Smith
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -English adventurer John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia-the first permanent English settlement in North America.
Detailed explanation-2: -John Smith may have been the first romantic of America; he certainly became an appreciated leader. Explorer, adventurer, writer, and cartographer, Smith assumed a leadership role at the Jamestown settlement on September 10, 1608.
Detailed explanation-3: -John Smith was an English explorer, soldier and writer best known for his role in establishing the first permanent English colony in the New World at Jamestown, Virginia. Smith’s legend has grown over the centuries, in particular due to the popular story of his involvement with Pocahontas, a native American princess.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.