Religion In William Bradford's History Of The Plymouth Plantation
As the explorers came to explore the new land, they also had an agenda to Christianized the native Americans. When doing so it did not come easily to get everyone to convert, and those who did not were brutalized. So if this is done every time, is natives going to think that the religion is great? If Europeans wanting to expand Christianity treat people horribly, then natives are going to think it is an awful thing and will not want to believe in Christianity. In a lot of explorers works and writing, God’s presents are clearly known and his guidance to help some survive the new land. In Columbus exploration he betrayed his appointed officials, when deciding on his own how he treated the native Americans. Queen Isabella wanted the natives to
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In William Bradford’s History of the Plymouth plantation the members of the church of England left England and headed to Americas to have a fresh start, without the strict guidelines of the England. As they became colonized on the land they began using their religious beliefs to help the survive, and manage. In History of the Plymouth plantation Bradford say, “for which way so ever they turned their eyes (save upward to the heavens.) (89) they could have little solace or content in respect of any outward objects.” As the pilgrims struggled to survive on the New land, the pilgrims grouped together with the Puritans. The Puritans believe that if they lived by God’s rules and ways of living, that things and life would happen gracefully. They established a government system and it helped things run smoothly. “found his guiding principles in the scriptures and in the teachings of puritans, yet the puritan’s principles of hard work, independence, moral strength, shown by men.” (114) Religion in exploration is what started the foundation of the early America’s. I believe that if there wasn’t religion driving exploration then there wouldn’t have been places found as there is today. So yes religion supports the idea of exploration. Bradford was seen as a godly man, and it showed in his work. “And his faith still shines forth clearly in his history of the pilgrims, a book that has become part of the nation’s heritage and stands as
In William Bradford’s History of the Plymouth plantation the members of the church of England left England and headed to Americas to have a fresh start, without the strict guidelines of the England. As they became colonized on the land they began using their religious beliefs to help the survive, and manage. In History of the Plymouth plantation Bradford say, “for which way so ever they turned their eyes (save upward to the heavens.) (89) they could have little solace or content in respect of any outward objects.” As the pilgrims struggled to survive on the New land, the pilgrims grouped together with the Puritans. The Puritans believe that if they lived by God’s rules and ways of living, that things and life would happen gracefully. They established a government system and it helped things run smoothly. “found his guiding principles in the scriptures and in the teachings of puritans, yet the puritan’s principles of hard work, independence, moral strength, shown by men.” (114) Religion in exploration is what started the foundation of the early America’s. I believe that if there wasn’t religion driving exploration then there wouldn’t have been places found as there is today. So yes religion supports the idea of exploration. Bradford was seen as a godly man, and it showed in his work. “And his faith still shines forth clearly in his history of the pilgrims, a book that has become part of the nation’s heritage and stands as