John Smith had many characteristics that helped to make him an important person in the beginning settlement of the New World. He was a brave and strong person who seemed to have little fear. He ran away from home when he was young and became a soldier in Europe and the Near East (Barbour). He thrived for excitement and adventure. During the settlement of Jamestown, he took on the responsibility of leadership by saving the …showed first 75 words of 502 total…

…showed last 75 words of 502 total…them or thought his way and his customs were better than theirs. Bibliography SOURCES Barbour, L. Philip. Encyclopedia Americana. Grolier Incorporated, 1997. pg. 59-60. Gwinn, P. Robert and others. The New Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. 1991. pg. 895-896. The Lincoln Library of Essential Information. The Frontier Press Company, 1974. pg. 1974. “Smith, Captain John”. Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2000. http://encarta.msn.com 1997-2000. Microsoft Corporation. McMichael, George and others. Concise Anthology of American Literature. 1998 Prentice-Hall, Inc. pg. 22-36.