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John Smith: The Colony Of Jamestown Colony In England

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Jamestown was a colony in America. Most of the people that settled there were looking for gold, a lot of them being Gentlemen. A Lot of the men didn 't know how to survive though, as they had everything back in Britain. But one man brought all of the people together, his name was John Smith.
John was born in 1580, in Lincolnshire, in England. When he was old enough to work, he became a merchant 's apprentice. After this, he decided to live his life in the military, as a mercenary, or soldier for hire. He eventually did get hired,to fight in a campaign against the Turks in Hungary. He got captured and forced into slavery, but after being mistreated, he killed his master and fled.
John Smith met Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold, who was involved
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