...regarding Pocahontas’s life is from second-hand sources and that even the primary source of Captain John Smith is unreliable. My decision for choosing this article is simply logical, I’ve studied Pocahontas in the past and have a firm understanding of her importance as a cultural bridge between the English and the Indians. This article is the best choice simply because Pocahontas is an example of how two cultures can coexist and even aid in each other during times of distress. Pocahontas was born into the most powerful Eastern Woodland Indian tribe of the Powhatan. Pocahontas life changed forever when three English ships arrived near the Chesapeake Bay in April 1607. After some complications between the people of Jamestown and the Powhatan tribe, Pocahontas was sent by her father to begin a peaceful communication...
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...Captain John Smith was from New England and was an English soldier. William Bradford was an English Puritan .They both were two guys that went through some difficulties. Went through something that today is not that well known. They have similarities but they also have differences which have them acting or taking different actions. One way to compare John Smith and William Bradford is that they established colonies and through their writings, they hoped to attract more settlers that were relatable to them. They both wrote about their experience in America and were Europeans,and also they desired to settle the land. The settlers liked one more than the other,but because of their differences. They had to deal and suffer through so much. They...
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...John Smith is most remembered as the Jamestown colonist whose life was spared by Chief Powhatan’s daughter, Pocahontas. The term “New England” can also be attributed to John Smith, or his levelling “no work no eat” policy. However, before Jamestown, Smith was a soldier, a pirate, a captain, a slave, and a murderer. John Smith was born to a successful farmer in Willoughby, England, in the year 1580. In an attempt to quell Smith’s desire to run away, his father put him in an apprenticeship, which Smith left as soon as his father died in 1596. From there he became an English mercenary. While abroad in France, Smith began reading renowned writers such as Marcus Aurelius and Machiavelli in an effort to sophisticate himself culturally and militarily. On his way to sign up for the Austrian army to fight against the Turks, he was shipwrecked on an island off the coast of France. There he was found by a Captain La Roche, whose...
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...Jessica Helin Paper 1 U.S. History 1 GEN223 John Smith vs. John Winthrop In the early years of America, there was a great deal of political and religious turmoil occurring in England. People wanted to escape to a place where they wouldn't be outlawed for their independent congregations and personal philosophies that they believed in. Eminent men, like John Smith and John Winthrop, saw America as a great opportunity to start over where they could establish new communities separated and undisturbed by England. They each wrote a proposal to the people of England to recruit them to come and help establish colonies in the New World. Both of these men had very different visions of what America was and what they wanted it to become upon their arrivals. Smith believed in the importance of hardworking to achieve wealth and the option of becoming financially independent. While Winthrop was concerned with working for God and averting selfishness to form a community with a close bond. John Smith was an English adventurer and soldier well known for his many adventures to different lands. Smith saw the New World as a place for people to set out on a journey for economic success. In his mind, America had resources that were waiting to be discovered for both utilization and profit. In a Description of Virginia, Smith communicates that in the New World, there is a definitive likelihood for many successful business enterprises by saying, 'the fertility of the soil, and the situation...
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...John Smith, an English born author was one of the first settlers in North America responsible for establishing the Jamestown settlement. He originally went with the settlers as a soldier in the army, but in his older years became an author. Although the earliest years of captain smith’s life are shrouded by the horrible record keeping of the time it is known he was born either in 1579 or 1580 in Lincolnshire, England to his father, George Smith, and mother, Alice Smith. His baptism was on January 9th, 1580. It was conducted in Saint Helena's Church in Willoughby, England. He was placed in a local Grammar school to learn reading, writing, arithmetic, and Latin. Not wanting to be a farmer like his father he ran away when he was 13 and became a sailor. His father caught him and made him work for a local merchant as his apprentice. When his father died when he was 16 he joined volunteers in France to join the Dutch in the the fight for independence from Spain. Two years later he went to the Mediterranean Sea to sail on a merchant ship. In the year 1600 he joined the Austrian forces to fight the Turks in “The Long War”. While fighting in Hungary he was promoted to Captain for his valiant sailing abilities. When he was fighting in Transylvania he was wounded, taken prisoner, and sold into slavery. The Turkish man who bought...
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...Hunter Steadman English 201 Mrs Baggett September 24, 2014 An Analysis of John Smiths Performance leading the colonies John smith has had an immense impact on the colonies and the lasting history of soon the to be United States of America. Good, bad and sometimes both of these in conjunction. John smiths reputation has been, and will be immortalized in the birth of a new world, for both negative and positive reasons pertaining to his vision for the colonies, his personal troubles, and his leadership among the people. John smith had a clear vision for the colonies and what they could be. His vision consisted of hard, hard work and the notion that every Englishman could achieve the American dream through hard work. He had a vision of establishing a new social order where one could gain or attain personal honor. Unfortunately he had a rather “iron fisted” mindset and is said to have been a bit of a “slave driver” he was a military man who wanted to maintain order so he didn’t really fit the mold of creating this new social order....
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...While standing on the verge of American history, Captain John Smith, born in Willoughby, England in 1580 to a successful farmer, has been known to be a very controversial figure within our Colonial history. Spending only a few years in Jamestown, one of the first of many permanent English settlements, as one of the seven selected council members by the Virginia Company in 1606, Smith became one of its first Colonial hero’s. However for over three and a half centuries his reputation has struggled, his work was criticized for its authenticity and truthfulness. Was John Smith an over exaggerating liar? Or was his own dramatic story of life in Jamestown the actual truthful events? The soldier turned writer, bold enough to refer himself in the third person as the main character in his story, the very name John Smith has been said to cause historians blood pressure to boil. After Smith’s gunpowder explosion in 1609, he was forced to return to England, where reports of Smith falling out of favor with the directors of the Virginia Company based on his unpopular leadership acts, John Smith never again returned to Virginia. In spite of this falling out, Smith wrote a series of publications including, ”The Generall Historie of Virginia” about the...
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...American Pageant states,” once ashore in Virginia, the settlers died by the dozens from disease, malnutrition and starvation. Ironically, the woods rustled with food and the rivers flopped with fish, but the greenhorn settlers, many of them self-styled ‘gentlemen’ unaccustomed to fending for themselves, wasted valuable time grubbing for nonexistent gold when they should have been gathering provisions” (pg29). This statement proves that the first settlers needed a strong leader to discipline them and turn their efforts from gold to the colony’s overall survival. Luckily, Captain John Smith took lead of the...
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... When the Jamestown colony first formed, citizens had to endure many sacrifices and hardships. From losses to starvation and shortage of supplies, the people of Jamestown had to suffer through a series of crisis. If I had planned the Jamestown colony I would have sent farmers, craftsmen, doctors, and interpretors that could speak the Native American language, a seperate ship full of supplies and established a democracy. By sending people who are specialized in certain skills like farming, handywork, medicine, and interpretation it would increase the colony's chance for survival with with less casualties. One of the problems Jamestown faced was the lack of experience in farming, which led to failed crops. By hiring farmers this would have increased their chance in survival by establishing a steady source of food through produce. Craftsmen would provide sturdy housing for remaining citizens, instead of flimsy a shelter, and doctors would treat infections, wounds, and possibly help find treatments to foregin disease they eventually faced in the future. At that time even the smallest signs of abrasion would have led to infection that would have eventually led to fatality. Even though those three occupations would have been beneficial to the colony in the 1600s, it would have been useless without an interpretor who could communitcate with the original owners of the land. Interpretors could have relieved most of the closely fatal sitiuations the colony faced without farmers...
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...John Smith: Description of Virginia As English expeditions discovered the New World, they established the first English settlement called Jamestown, the colony of Virginia. John Smith was a soldier and one of the first settlers in the Americas. Today, stories about him are a legend such as the one in which Pocahontas, the daughter of Chief Powhatan, saved his life. John Smith wrote the “Description of Virginia” and it refers to the colony of Virginia, which he helped to colonized. The document begins with John Smith explaining how the New World was convenient in order to begin a civilization. According to him, Virginia had beneficial geography: the soil in was fertile, the waters and islands were ideal for ships and transportation, the climate...
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...Review Personal Information * Employee’s Name: John A Smith * Job Title: Parts Salesman * Job Description: Taking care of customers at the counter with finding parts on the computer that they need to get their equipment up and running again. Also, working with employees within the dealership and other dealerships as well. * Position Number: A52459 * Date of Interview: 10/1/14 Greetings * Voice tone * John Smith spoke enthusiastically. * His voice was very confident and easy to understand. * Handshake * John Smith had a firm, solid handshake. * Posture * John Smith’s posture was very poised. * He sat up straight that showed his confidence. * Appearance * John Smith’s wardrobe included a three piece suit. * He was wearing a tie. * He had facial hair. * Had a great smile. Strengths * John Smith had good terminology of the different parts that the company sells. * He was well organized. * John keeps his work area clean. * All papers were organized to find anything needed. * Leadership * John exhibited great leadership potential. * He set goals for his fellow employees, and they were all met. * Stress * John seemed very composed when handling stressful situations. * He remains calm, and follows procedures that the company states. * Oral Communication * John has a very confident voice. * His voice is...
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...useful sentences for academic writing Argue a. Along similar lines, [X] argues that ___. b. There seems to be no compelling reason to argue that ___. c. As a rebuttal to this point, it might be (convincingly) argued that ___. d. There are [three] main arguments that can be advanced to support ___. e. The underlying argument in favor of / against [X] is that ___. f. [X]’s argument in favor of / against [Y] runs as follows: ___. Claim a. In this [paper], I put forward the claim that ___. b. [X] develops the claim that ___. c. There is ample / growing support for the claim that ___. d. [X]’s findings lend support to the claim that ___. e. Taking a middle-ground position, [X] claims that ___. Data a. The data gathered in the [pilot study] suggests / suggest that ___. b. The data appears / appear to suggest that ___. c. The data yielded by this [study] provides strong / convincing evidence that ___. (yielded = generated) d. A closer look at the data indicates that ___. e. The data generated by [X] is / are reported in [table 1]. f. The aim of this [section] is to generalize beyond the data and ___. In modern usage, data can also be treated as a mass / uncountable noun, like information. Before you submit your work, check whether the institution you’re writing for / on behalf of prefers data + plural verb. Debate a. [X] has fostered debate on ___. (fostered = encouraged) b. There has been an inconclusive debate about whether ___. c. The question of whether...
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...The English at Jamestown were unable to grow their own food because they never put enough effort into doing it. One of the reasons that the English didn’t put enough effort into growing their own food was because the Indians already had it. Edmund S. Morgan states, “And the very fact that the Indians did grow corn may be one more reason why the colonists did not.” Another reason that they didn’t put enough effort was that the company paying for their trips didn’t care about the agriculture as much as the gold and other expensive resources. “The company never intended the colony to supply England with grain and did not even expect that agricultural products might be its principal exports.” John Smith helped Jamestown survive because he forced...
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...There is a constant debate on whether or not Pocahontas saved John Smith. I believe Pocahontas did not save John Smith based on changes in behavior, potential rituals, and historian questioning actions. With these points i will explain why i have a difficult time seeing how Pocahontas saved John Smith. The different ways the king acts around John Smith. In document A "... welcomed me with good words... promised me friendship." Then in document B "ready to beat my brains out." Then, Powhatan says that John Smith and him are friends. In other words, there was a change of friendship to hatred to friendship again. If Pocahontas were to actually save John Smith then the king would most likely keep the feelings of hatred towards John Smith. The...
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...NAS 364 FEDERAL INDIAN LAW FALL 2015 You have one week to finish this exam. It will be due by e-mail to marlon.sherman@humboldt.edu, no later than 5 PM on Wednesday, October 28. The exam will take the form of a legal memo, in which you brief me on the legal standing of our client, Joe Doe. I have provided some links to forms of legal memos that you might use, and there are other examples online. http://www.law.cuny.edu/legal-writing/students/memorandum/memorandum-3.html http://www.lawandborder.com/Academic/LW/LW--Samples/SampleMemoSTCL.pdf You will need to research the position of the individual whom you are representing. What are the positions regarding each party in this case – that is, The Corporation, John Smith and Joe Doe? To what extent do these individuals’ values reflect their positions toward the issue, toward the plaintiff, toward the tribe and toward the state? Would it make any difference whether this took place in a PL 280 or non-280 state? When you have determined the answers to these questions, begin your legal research and prepare to argue your case in court. You will need to analyze pertinent law as we have done in class, looking for facts, issues and analyses, just as the online memo templates suggest. When you mention a particular case, you must cite it using the following hint: Montana v. United States, 450 U.S. 544 (1981), 546. Remember, your boss is very lazy and hates research and has forgotten everything...
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