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The Pilgrims In William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation
As you read through each piece, you notice how they exalt God. They extol him to be this great, perfect God! The pilgrims tended to value their faith. I say value, because in the introduction of the unit, we learn about the Pilgrims and how they left their home not only because they were being persecuted for their faith, but they also left so that they could freely worship their God in the way they felt was necessary.
An example of how the Puritans adulated their God, can be found in “Of Plymouth Plantation” (pg 5). William Bradford wrote this, knowing that it would become a historical document. For this reason, he didn’t incorporate any of his own feelings and the journal was written in third person point of view. “Being thus arrived in

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