[DOC] [TLE] Captain John Smith is Saved by Pocahontas, 1608 [PAR] Captain John Smith describes being saved from execution by Pocahontas. ... 
Two years later he signed on as a crew member of a Mediterranean merchant 
ship. ... the abrasive Smith so irritated his fellow colonists that they placed him in 
irons. ... Smith's firm leadership (he was soon elected president of the colony) 
held the... [DOC] [TLE] Jamestown Settlement, Early - Encyclopedia Virginia [PAR] May 11, 2011 ... After the failure of the Roanoke colonies, investors in the Virginia Company ... By 
year's end, Dale had founded an outside settlement at Henrico .... citing the book 
of Leviticus, sentenced him to hang the next day. ... In September, with his 
competitors largely dead or gone, Smith was finally elected president. [DOC] [TLE] Powhatan (d. 1618) - Encyclopedia Virginia [PAR] Apr 5, 2011 ... Introduced to the Jamestown colonists in 1607 as Powhatan, he was for a ... Early 
Years; Paramount Chief; Arrival of the English; Crowning of Powhatan ... When 
John Smith met him face to face in 1607, the chief went by the name of ... In 1608, 
Powhatan ambushed the Piankatank Indians for reasons... [DOC] [TLE] Captain John Smith : The Colonial Williamsburg Official History ... [PAR] In this hemisphere alone, he was an early explorer not only of the .... Once in 
Virginia, the colony's chief people wanted to ship him home for ... Curiously, 
Smith's first book, A True Relation, published in 1608 less than a year after 
Smith's capture, ... the Council elected Smith president September 10, his term to 
run a year. [DOC] [TLE] John Smith of Jamestown: Facts & Biography - Live Science [PAR] Nov 1, 2013 ... Early years ... According to Smith, the girl fell in love with him but sent him to 
serve her ... Back in England, a restless Smith became involved with the Virginia 
... Early on, Jamestown was plagued by several problems: drought, ... 
Nevertheless, in September 1608, Smith was elected president of the colony. [DOC] [TLE] Chapter Summaries: Blood on the River by Elisa Carbone Chapter ... [PAR] Before setting sail on the Susan Constant, Captain John Smith and Sir Edward ... 
other gentlemen surround Smith and arrest him for failing to protect two of the 
men who were ... death by hanging. ... colonists. Pocahontas visits James Town. 
January 1608. The fort accidently ... Captain Smith is elected the new president. 
19. [DOC] [TLE] U.S. Timeline: 1608 - John Smith and Pocahontas [PAR] Feb 5, 2014 ... February 5, 1608 - George Popham, the president of the colony founded by the ... 
His second Raleigh Gilbert is appointed to succeed him. .... Seeing the English 
boat approaching, the Rappahanocks had reminded that 5 years earlier, ... 
September 10, 1608 - John Smith is elected president of the Colony in... [DOC] [TLE] Smith, Autobiography, 1608-1630 [PAR] Smith and the Other Colonists Start Their New Lives, Fall 1607 ... of the Savages, 
that they brought such plenty of their fruits, and provision, as no man wanted. ... 
He demanding for their Captain, they showed him Opechankanough, King of 
Pamaunkee ... as the Indian celebrity who had met with the king a few years 
earlier. [DOC] [TLE] A Brief History of Jamestown, Virginia - Tobacco.org - No Title [PAR] John Smith's later writings tell us that a few years earlier at the age of 12, ... Rolfe 
brought Rebecca with him, where her exotic looks and regal bearing made her a 
popular ... Despite James I's disapproval of the colony's dependence on a crop 
he despised ..... 1608-09-08: Smith is elected president of the Jamestown council
. [DOC] [TLE] Which John Smith is Telling the Truth? - UMBC [PAR] Standard 2: How early European exploration and colonization resulted in cultural 
and ... John Smith is famous as a leader of the Jamestown colony. ... The Native 
Americans brought him before Powhatan, the ... In 1608, Smith explored the .... 
eventually elected as their president in September 1608.

Question: In 1608 Smith was elected president of this colony that earlier in the year wanted to hang him
Answer: Jamestown