John Smith was born in Lincolnshire, England to a farmer and his wife in 1580. He only had a grammar school education, but with this education he was able to join the British volunteers fighting in the Dutch war of independence from Spain. While in the military, he was captured by the Turks and sold as a slave. He eventually escaped and came back to his mother land of Great Britain in 1605. He then became interested in settling Virginia in the new world. The following year, Smith sailed to Virginia with the Virginia Company's first colonist as one of seven councilors. This was the first of many voyages

John Smith was known for his explorations of the new world and also for his leadership. He led many people to the Virginia plantations and unfortunately some of them lost their lives. He did how ever build a successful community. He is not however known as a fictional writer, which is what he really was. Most of the things he wrote about were not real, but were based on real events. He elaborated and stretched the truth as to make things almost seem like a fairy tail. He wanted people to think things were better than they really were and he was successful at that and many people left everything they had behind to follow the writings of John Smith. He was nothing more than a businessman wanting to sell America as his own. He was probably the most successful at this seeing as people are still resorting to his writings as reasons to move to America. As a result, I also think that he was probably the best businessman ever because if he had gotten commission for every person who moved to America because of what he wrote, he would still be collecting money four hundred years after he died.

to the new world for him. Smith spent much time exploring the land. By this time, the governor of Jamestown was executed for treason and Smith was then elected president o

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