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Why did John Smith become the leader of the Jamestown colony?

The other settlers voted him governor.
Smith took control of the colony.
Smith used the Native Americans as allies to gain power in the colony.
He was the only one to have survived the first winter.

Please have a reliable answer

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He took the role of leadership of the colony. Knowing so, he made a rule: If you don't work, you don't eat. B. is your answer it seems, if i get wrong somehow, then its A. but I highly believe its B.
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