![]() ![]() Smith soon returned to England, acknowledged as an author but not as a leader. Nevertheless, his class put him in conflict with highborn investors his stint as leader was brief and unrewarded by the Virginia Company. He proved a capable and resourceful leader of the new colony, engaging in tough-minded diplomacy with Powhatan and other Algonquin tribes and instituting practical measures for survival. He fought in the Netherlands and Hungary he was taken prisoner and forced into indentured servitude before escaping. ![]() Unlike the highborn leaders of the expedition (with whom he frequently clashed), Smith had a peasant father and military experience. Historically, the best-known member of the English colony was a man named John Smith. But to the Algonquin tribes native to the land they themselves knew as Tsenacommacah, the region was already home to a rich empire headed by a man named Powhatan. Their purpose was to emulate the Spanish in finding and mining mineral wealth. They named the new settlement Jamestown, after their king. In December 1606, The Virginia Company of London sent three ships-the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery-to settle the North American continent. ![]()
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