John Smith Accomplishments

In the book, Robert Walton’s pride and confidence is seen in how he views himself, the expectations he has of his journey, and the sacrifices he is willing to make. Walton believes he is superior to all on his ship and claims he will not find a friend onboard. He calls his crew “uneducated”

When the name John Smith is mentioned, people of all ages are familiar with it and could tell a lot about him. Why is this? How is it that a man who lived over 400 years ago still so popular today, more specifically to our children? The answer to that question is because John Smith can be viewed as one of America’s earliest heroes. His leadership was vital to the survival of the Jamestown colony. Most people are familiar with his famous quote, “he that will not work shall not eat.” He carried all the qualities of an influential leader, and even had a mystical legend with Pocahontas, in which no one truly knows what happened. His leadership characteristics and qualities possessed hard work, grit, and determination. He was an individualist that had an “American” dream. However, during his time, the colonists did not look at it as an “American” dream. Without him and his leadership, America may not be what it is today.

Both John Smith and William Bradford journeyed to the New World during the time of America’s colonization in the early 1600s. These two men recorded their experiences during the voyage to share with people back in their home country of England. While Smith and Bradford traveled to the same place, their accounts were extremely dissimilar from each other. John Smith’s General History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles describes America as an agriculture and livestock rich area with endless opportunity. On the other hand, in Of Their Voyage, And How They Passed The Sea; And Of Their Safe Arrival At Cape Cod, William Bradford stresses the hardship faced that extended past the voyage and the painstaking work that goes into colonization. Although Smith and Bradford’s accounts have some similarities, the idea of the American dream is strengthened by Smith and threatened by Bradford.

The Jamestown landing in 1607 was the first English settlement to be established in North America. In the movie “The New World” Hollywood attempted to tell the story of the Jamestown settlement and the relationship between John Smith and Pocahontas. The movie’s portrayal of their relationship was one of two people falling in love. The historical facts of their relationship, however, paint a completely different picture. Hollywood failed to represent the truth and romanticized their relationship which was not one of love, but one of an acquaintance or friendship.

When the first colonists landed in the territories of the new world, they encountered a people and a culture that no European before them had ever seen. As the first of the settlers attempted to survive in a truly foreign part of the world, their written accounts would soon become popular with those curious of this “new” world, and those who already lived and survived in this seemingly inhospitable environment, Native American Indian. Through these personal accounts, the Native Indian soon became cemented in the American narrative, playing an important role in much of the literature of the era. As one would expect though, the representation of the Native Americans and their relationship with European Americans varies in the written works of the people of the time, with the defining difference in these works being the motives behind the writing. These differences and similarities can be seen in two similar works from two rather different authors, John Smith, and Mary Rowlandson.

Christopher Columbus and John Smith will always be remembered for their ego in their leadership. For many residence of Virginia, John Smith is considered as a hero. However, recorded documents provide varying evidence on his leadership and life in general. On the other hand, Christopher Columbus is seen as an explorer who encountered the Americans and was able to achieve immorality to satisfy his egos. He took advantage of every opportunity and is considered to be a leader who did not accept no as an answer which enable him to succeed and even come back to influence after a great misfortune. It is however clear that the success of Smith and Columbus as leaders of exploration can be attributed to their egos. Their writings were full of imaginations and fiction and are considered by some historians to be liars about the newly discovered world.

John Smith’s leadership swooped in and saved the colony of Jamestown. He conducted means of exploring the land and gathering

Christopher Columbus and John Smith are both similar in the fact that they made their kin very proud and became famous of their accounts of unexplored territory. Though their ideas of what to do with what they encountered was different, they both were very brave men. They were different in a way though. Columbus believed that there was a great value in terms of wealth to the natural resources he saw on the islands and he used a different rhetoric to explain it. John Smith saw economic growth possibilities in the fertile New England area that had a vast amount of natural resources, he also valued different commodities than Columbus.

John Smith was the founder of the American colony of Jamestown and a British soldier in the early 1600s.

Hoke Smith had many accomplishments and made major impact in the late 1800s and early 1900s. People didn’t really know if he cared about racial judgments, but he was very political. Mr. Smith was a very intelligent democrats that was really involved in the government. He was the publisher of the great Atlanta Journal.

John Smith was born on January 1580, Willoughby, United Kingdom. At age sixteen he left home to become a soldier. He traveled to France to fight the Spanish. After he returned from England he taught himself survival techniques. He went on a trip and moment latter was arrested. Although Smith claimed that the gentlemen on board was jealous of his military and narrow experience. He spend most of the voyage in irons and was nearly hanged.

Christopher Columbus’ writings were almost in a fearful complaining manner. The basics of it was that he feels bad for anyone in that hell of a place because they are swarmed with problems. John Smith on the other hand talks about the problems and hardships in a way you would expect a brave and victorious hero to. He boast in a colorful way about it was tough and much was against them but they were stronger and knew how to push

William Smith was born in Churchill, Oxfordshire, England, on March 23, 1769.He was the son of an Oxfordshire blacksmith of farming stocks. His father left him when he was very young, he was raised by his father’s oldest brother. He didn’t get to attend a steady schooling as a child. As a child he collected fossils and rocks. WIlliam also surveyed and mapped out land. He trained under Edward Webb. William Smith earned a lot of achievements throughout his life. He found fossils and mapped geographic locations.

Jedediah S. Smith was born on Jan. 6, 1799.He joined a fur trading expedition lead by William Ashley when he was still in his teens. He trapped and traded until he was in his 20’s. In July 1825 he went to Henry Fork to the first ever rendezvous. In 1823 a grizzly bear ripped off his ear and part of his scalp. He escaped the bear attack alive and with no fatal injuries. In 1826 he went ahead of a pack train to arrange for that years rendezvous held in Cache Valley. Jedediah then got 18 people to go with him and retrace his steps back to California. He and his group followed the Colorado River south all the way to the villages of the Mojave Indians. While they were crossing the Colorado River a group of Mojave Indians killed 10 of the people

John Smith and William Bradford, both early colonial governors, were two writers from the same time period. They each had their own distinct styles of writing that portrayed their differences in personalities. Smith was a strong minded and action driven person, while Bradford was a thinker and who took action with care. In their writings it is obvious they have noticeable personalities. They use different ways of painting images in the reader's mind by using distinct vocabulary and writing styles.