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This 5 page paper uses David Price’s book “Love and Hate in Jamestown” as a source to answer questions about John Smith, other explorers and life in the colony. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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It argues that the relationships between John Smith and the natives was one of suspicion and mutual distrust but not open hostility; it argues further that Smiths treatment of the
Native Americans differed from that of earlier explorers by being much less brutal. It also mentions the fact that the English colonies were primarily based on capitalist principles backed by
private investment while the Spanish were largely religious ventures backed by the crown. Finally, the paper suggests that Prices observations may well change a readers mind with regard to the
Smith/Pocahontas relationship. Discussion The relationship between John Smith and the Native Americans appears to have been one that put Smith at odds with the leaders of the colony. Jamestown was
a corporate venture, backed by the Virginia Company, an organization chartered in 1606 and which sold shares to investors (Price). Britain at the time was (and to a great degree
still is) a highly stratified society, where being well-born and rich automatically conferred authority and the presumption of ability (Price). One of those in this category is Edward Maria Wingfield,
who it is thought became president of the Virginia colony by virtue of his birth and status as well as nepotism, but who had no particular skills (Price). Price notes
that Wingfield arrived in Virginia accompanied by a number of servants and a haughty attitude that marked him as out of touch; why would London think he had the ability
to lead? Price argues that he got the job because that was simply the way society operated at the time. London wanted to have peaceful relations with the natives; the
English were optimistic they could settle the "waste ground" the Native Americans were not using, establish relationships with the tribes based on trade and finally, the Native Americans would see
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