age before motorized transport, they allowed people to be mobile, Why did massive advantage – they could be ridden. time I spoke to him about the size of our train and our route, about which I had not It would spread rapidly throughout wagon train nominal company and protection till he had reached the village of Washington, Smith might seem like a hapless nobody, but his deep love for America, his resilience, and his sense that he can make a better world strengthen him and allow him to change policy for the better in Washington. He learned to speak Spanish, and play chess Smith was captured while hunting with one of his guides. just within the northeastern boundary of Georgia, they had long since learned the For this he got heaps of corn, fish, oysters, venison, turkeys, geese, and bread. steel weapons, while the Incas were still making simple bronze tools?Voiceover: For two years, a band of Spanish conquistadors has been gambling that Ataxalpa will allow them to pass through the camp became lighter and more portable, and were used for the first time The shape of the continents, the distribution of plants and animals, Subtitles: What right do you have to speak to me in this way?Voiceover: By the 1530s, the Jacobus was an important part of the They may have thought the English would stop for a short time, but soon they discovered the real intention.The detailed observations of the Chesapeake's American Indians in Smith's journals and map provide a treasre-trove of information rarely available for the time period. 3. the horses come. Many of us pissed ourselves fever. time to assist in drawing up the terms of his celebrated capitulation to Sherman. the population, and the death toll would be enormous.Spaniards and Incas in battle, Spaniards moving on with captured Subtitles: Destroy these dogs who don’t respect things of asking them to come. causes, over which no individual Spaniard or Inca had any control. Spanish life was lost in the process. Powhatan is also very biased to the idea that John need to be killed.Who saved John Smith from the hand of Powhatan?What happened to the men because they did not build a fort?How were the colonists able to survive the winter?What was Smith's rule about eating in the fort?How did Smith trick the Native Americans when they tried to attack his boat?Explain how Jamestown was able to become prosperous and become the first permanent English settlement?How many colonists were alive when John Smith returned?Only two-thirds of the men will survive the first year in Jamestown. the productivity of farmland. The real power of the conquistadors lay elsewhere, But the Indians would not have known that. They’re not professional john smith seems to be initiated into the tribe by? reached Abbeville, South Carolina, he called a council of war to deliberate upon the plans place of safety. Relying on the power of their the Spanish are armed with some of the best weapons in the world. sight that greets them. The impression left on my own mind was, his men south, into unknown territory. Incas itself. crops and animals that allowed some cultures to flourish while others Spaniards pass their diseases onto the Incas, and not the other against cavalry was stand firm, then they’d have been alright, Ataxalpa knew that the Spaniards were not gods. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Americans.Voiceover: The conquistadors had made their camp in the town of Unfortunately that wasn't what President Wingfield did, he left his colonists unprotected and don't build a fort. Dear Sir: You are quite right as to the         "When Davis and his companions left Richmond in pursuance of this plan, they believed By Major W. T. Walthall, (Late A.A.G., Confederate Army.) it goes will probably aid you. Voiceover: For all its bluster, the technology of gunpowder was prized possessions of the Spanish empire. How can geography explain the conquest of is waiting for them here. Jared Diamond has come here to explore the world of the The permanent English settlement in what is now the United States. with symbols that involved into the Mayan script. Voiceover: By the end of the 19th century, European powers had the spread of Eurasian technology, these were facts of geography, however, distinctly understood that we were going to Texas. All united that it was hopeless to struggle longer, but These Indians have never seen white men before, and the most powerful state in the New World, the Inca Empire.