“He that shall not work, shall not
eat”
Jamestown Colony, 1609
Captain John Smith
A cautionary tale - Roanoke
Established in 1585 by Sir Walter
Raleigh on Roanoke Island in
modern-day Virginia.
115 settlers, including Virginia
Dare.
Vanished without a trace!
“Croatan” and “Cro”
Still a mystery today!
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A second attempt – Jamestown Colony
Built in a pennisula swamp in
1607 by the London-based
Virginia Company.
500 colonists of all types settled
there; only 61 survived the
first three years.
A persistent problem was the
search for treasure; none
turned up, but valuable time
was lost.
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Enter Captain John Smith
Relentless self-promoter
and adventurer
Elected leader of
Jamestown colony in
1609
Found a colony in
disrepair, and ready to
fall apart for lack of
leadership.
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Smith’s Solution?
1609 “He that shall not work shall not eat”
(II Thess. 3:10)
“If you don’t plant crops, we won’t feed you in the
winter”
+ trade with natives
+ build defenses
+ make maps of the countryside
+ write stories to encourage immigration
+ get captured by the bloodthirsty Powhatan tribe
Romance, 1607 style?
Powhatan
Pocahontas
John Smith
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What really happened?
Smith: "at the minute of my execution, she
hazarded the beating out of her own brains to
save mine; and not only that, but so prevailed
with her father, that I was safely conducted to
Jamestown“
Pocahontas: “
“
Historians: He’s a liar OR He misremembered OR
Powhatan was just messing with his head OR
It really happened that way OR He was
confusing events OR something else.
Regardless…
Pocahontas became a valuable ally for the
Jamestown colonists. She was later kidnapped,
married John Rolfe, travelled to England as a
Native American princess, and died there of
smallpox in 1617 at the age of 22.
Conflict continued between the settlers and the
Powhatan tribe.
Smith went on to more adventures, and the
colony survived with new leadership.
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