Why Is Captain John Smith Important?

John Smith was so important because he forced the pilgrams to work for food, shelter, and and honeslty they was not able to survive without him. John Smith never had direct contact with the Pilgrams at Plymouth. They instead hired Captain Myles Standish to protect, defend, and guide the Pilgrims. Standish did an outstanding, courageous job and was head military adviser for over 20 years. Note: Later John Smith groused that the Pilgrims should have used his maps or hired him, because then they would have moved to Boston harbor right away where there was deep water for the landing of many large vessels and three nearby rivers to facilitate trade and commerce. He had firm leadership in Jamestown, like making buildings, cut timber, and planting crops


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