7 Best Warm Weather Trips Without a Passport. As we reach the final months of the year, the idea of a winter getaway to somewhere sunnyâthe Caribbean, Mexico, the Pacificâsounds sweeter and sweeter. But maybe the thought of shelling out big bucks for an overseas flight stops you cold or perhaps your passport has expired. No problem.
Powhatan, also called Wahunsenacah or Wahunsenacawh (died April 1618, Virginia [U.S.]), North American Indian leader, father of Pocahontas. He presided over the Powhatan empire at the time the English established the Jamestown Colony (1607). Powhatan had inherited rulership of an empire of six tribes from his father.
Jamestown's early history alternated between near disaster and faint success. The root difficulty was that the colony needed soldiers, craftsmen and farmers, but instead was populated largely by self-important gentlemen unaccustomed to manual labor.aptain John Smith: Jamestown and the Birth of the American Dream by Dorothy Hoobler. America was the place Smith had dreamed of his whole life. There, his character, determination, and ambition had propelled him to the top of society....