ENGL 2327 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Powhatan, Anne Bradstreet, Puritans
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Captain john smith, john winthrup, william bradford, anne bradstreet. At the age of twenty-seven, already greatly renowned, he sailed for america on dec. Newport commanded three vessels that bore 105 emigrants who were preparing to form the colony of virginia under the grant and direct patronage of james i. Smith had made himself so useful that king james i named him as one of the councilors of the new colony. The voyage was by the southern route, and was long and tedious. The settlement received the name of jamestown, in further demonstration of loyalty to the king. When the first re-supply ship did not return to jamestown in november, john smith set out to trade with the indians for food. By early 1608 only 38 of the original 104 colonists were still alive. Due to bad government and near chaos, smith was eventually elected president of the local council in september 1608.
