jamestown

  • being born

    being born
    on january 9th 1590 john smith was born.
  • founding jamestown

    founding jamestown
    in April 26, 1607 john smith landed on virgina land and settled there and started a civilization.
  • considering jamestown

    considering jamestown
    on may 26 1607 settlers made the decision of calling it jamestown
    and the leader was john smith.
  • meeting pocahontas

    meeting pocahontas
    later on that year john smith was captured by indians and the leader of the powtan indians sentanced him to death but pocahontas saved his life (later on pocahontas married the english settler john rolfe and later died of small pox).
  • death

    death
    by the end of the first year most settlers had died of starvation or diesese.
  • almost dead

    almost dead
    in 1608 john lead an expodetion up by the cheapskake bay and he got stung by a string ray and almost died and from that point on that part of the Rapahannock river is called sting ray point.
  • more settlers

    more settlers
    more settlers arived and no one argued over who should run the colony.
  • john gets hurt again

    john gets hurt again
    john smith was hurt in a gunpowder explosion ad he left the following year.
  • comig back or not?

    comig back or not?
    in 1614 john smith sailed back to america he sailed to maine and massachusettes and went back to england with furs.(he neverwent back to virgina).
  • death

    death
    in june 1631 john smith died.