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The year is 1609. Two years after the founding of the once hopeful prosperous colony of Jamestown, Virginia, has become what is known as the "starving time." A period in which no more than sixty men, women, and children had survived during this time of agony and pain. A time in which food was scarce and death was inevitable. Gloomy days had loomed over the colonists of Jamestown, Virginia. Captain John Smith, the original colonizer of …

…They even had the chance to start a new and better life than before, but they did nothing. Smith attempted every possible solution there was to persuade the colonists to seize these chances and opportunities. I believe that the only way this situation could have been avoided was if the colonists had given their entire cooperation to Smith from the beginning. He held the knowledge that was capable of keeping the colony functioning and growing.