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1. Who is Captain John Smith and what is his connection to the bay? soldier, explorer, author, admiral new England, leader of Virginia colony between September 1608-August 1609 led exploration along rivers of Virginia and along rivers Chesapeake bay.

2. Why did John Smith and his crew travel to the Chesapeake Bay? to find gold, establish a colony, discover a water passage to pacific ocean

3. What did they find?

animals and Native Americans woods, fish, waterfowl and other mammals the Native Americans had fruit, furs and mats mountains, hills and valleys

4. What was the land like during the time of the exploration? Compare and contrast the way the Native Americans and the English settlers interacted with the environment.

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Not mountainous or low but pleasant plain hills fertile valleys watered conveniently with brooks and springs, most parts overgrown with trees/ wilderness except where the indians were there were some fish====== The English thought that the land could be owned. And the Native Americans thought it could not belong to anyone. The Native Americans did not stay at one place. when the indians were about to kill john smith pocahontas put her head over him so they didn't kill him. ===Met Chief Powhaton brief meet with native American girl Pocahontas. They made contact with several indian tribes. when John smith and his crew got to america the indians attacked them so they built jamestown to protect themselves. John smith got stung by a stingray while fishing, the men thought he was going to die. But he was fine by night and able to feast on the stingray that night.=== ===The way John Smith had to leave was he got caught in a gunpowder explosion and was burned. So he had to go back to England to get treated. He made many journeys with some of his men to go look for a route from the chesapeake bay to the pacific ocean.=== ===On the journey they made contact with several indian tribes some attacked and some traded with the crew one of the indian tribes told them that there was no water passage connecting the chesapeake bay and the pacific ocean so they went back to jamestown.===