William Bradford Biography
William Bradford
Author Biography
• William Bradford joined the crusade for religious reform at age 12.
• In 1620, Bradford and his wife, Dorothy, left behind their four year old son to join nearly 40 other Separatists on the ship Mayflower.
• During the long, difficult journey to America, disagreements broke out among the group and Bradford took decisive action. He helped create the Mayflower Compact, often called the first U.S. Constitution. During his 30 years as governor, he continued to document the challenges of the growing colony, which owed its survival to his energy, vision, and expert diplomacy.
• His chronicle, Of Plymouth Plantation, is our best history of these adventurous times.
• He was inspired by the ideals of the …show more content…
Bradford’s history dispels many myths and misinformation about Plymouth Plantation, its relationships to the Native Americans and the Virginia Colony, and the events surrounding the Pilgrims’ first years in America. When the Pilgrims first arrived, the Native Americans would try to approach them but they would just run away. But in March, a certain Indian came boldly and spoke to them in broken English. This became a start of a mutual relationship and then they decided to make peace with Squanto and it would stay intact for 24 years. The conditions were: neither he nor any of his should injure or do hurt to any of their people, that if any of his did hurt to any of their, he should send the offender, that they might punish him, that if anything were taken away from any of theirs, he should cause it to be restored,; and they should do the like to this, if any did unjustly war against him, they would aid him; if any did war against them, he should aid them, he should send to his neighbors confederates to certify them of this, that they might not wrong them, but might be likewise comprised in the conditions of peace, and lastly, that when their men came to them, they should leave their bows and arrows behind
Author Biography
• William Bradford joined the crusade for religious reform at age 12.
• In 1620, Bradford and his wife, Dorothy, left behind their four year old son to join nearly 40 other Separatists on the ship Mayflower.
• During the long, difficult journey to America, disagreements broke out among the group and Bradford took decisive action. He helped create the Mayflower Compact, often called the first U.S. Constitution. During his 30 years as governor, he continued to document the challenges of the growing colony, which owed its survival to his energy, vision, and expert diplomacy.
• His chronicle, Of Plymouth Plantation, is our best history of these adventurous times.
• He was inspired by the ideals of the …show more content…
Bradford’s history dispels many myths and misinformation about Plymouth Plantation, its relationships to the Native Americans and the Virginia Colony, and the events surrounding the Pilgrims’ first years in America. When the Pilgrims first arrived, the Native Americans would try to approach them but they would just run away. But in March, a certain Indian came boldly and spoke to them in broken English. This became a start of a mutual relationship and then they decided to make peace with Squanto and it would stay intact for 24 years. The conditions were: neither he nor any of his should injure or do hurt to any of their people, that if any of his did hurt to any of their, he should send the offender, that they might punish him, that if anything were taken away from any of theirs, he should cause it to be restored,; and they should do the like to this, if any did unjustly war against him, they would aid him; if any did war against them, he should aid them, he should send to his neighbors confederates to certify them of this, that they might not wrong them, but might be likewise comprised in the conditions of peace, and lastly, that when their men came to them, they should leave their bows and arrows behind