John Smith: The Conflict Between The Colonists And Native Americans

During these times there were multiple leaders throughout the areas. Two of them were John Smith, and John Winthrop. John Smith was acknowledged as leader of the colonists who arrived in Virginia. However, Smith departed shortly after; this was when the colony was established by the Virginia Company, the idea was that food was supposed to come from two places: periodic supply ships and trade with the local Native Americans. However, there were three issues which contributed considerably to the scarcity of food. First, there was a significant lag time in between supply ships. In January 1608, the first supply ship returned to Jamestown from England. In addition to supplies, the ship carried about 100 new settlers. The ship arrived to find

Second, those who sailed to Virginia came from one of two backgrounds: the gentlemen or the vagrant class. Those within the gentlemen class were skilled in a specialized trade, and generally refused to participate in farming because it was beneath them. Meanwhile, English vagrants simply did not understand how to farm; rather, they relied on begging or stealing to survive. Finally, conflict arose between the settlers and the Native Americans. The complications between the two groups was sparked by the colonists ' abuse of trade agreements and theft of food from the natives.

As a result, the local tribes targeted colonists using guerrilla warfare. With this being said, it truly was John Smiths fault they endured all of this; becoming obsessed with ruling. Now talking about leaders becoming bad ones, lets discuss a good one. This leader was John Winthrop, governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1630’s. Either he truly was the smart one or John Winthrop learned from the Virginian’s experiences. This colony arrived with structures of governemtn and social order already established. Because of all of this already in action, these people had a successful, thriving

Despite the diversity of people, having this love could unite people of completely different socioeconomic backgrounds to work together and better the world. He moves on to emphasize the importance of the community’s needs over the individual’s needs, in order for the community to grow and ensure a better future for the individuals. He closes with how in America life will be harder and God has a covenant with them, so they have to work together and succeed or they will be punished by God. He says that the world is watching them like “a city upon a hill” and if they do not succeed, people will think of them and, more importantly, God in vain... He ends with a warning of what would happen if they stray from their original