William Bradford‚ one of the first early American authors. Bradford‚ a native of Yorkshire‚ England‚ joined the Separatist religious movement while a teenager. He and fellow Separatists‚ later named the Pilgrims‚ endured religious persecution in England and eventually immigrated to America on the Mayflower in 1620. As a leader of the Plymouth Colony‚ Bradford served off and on as governor for almost thirty years. Bradford is best known for his two-book series Of Plymouth Plantation‚ written
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October‚ 2014 "OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION:" CHAPTERS 9 & 10 "Of Plymouth Plantation" is a manuscript of Bradford ’s history starting in 1620. The first book was copied into the church records and preserved‚ but unfortunately the second part was presumably lost. The manuscripts were found in the residence of the Bishop of London and were published together for the first time in 1856. There seems to be immeasurable history in these books. William Bradford‚ the author of "Of Plymouth Plantation" gives a narrative
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Of Plymouth Plantation William Bradford The book that I chose to write about is Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford. I chose to write about this book because I believe that what William Bradford did for the Pilgrims was very remarkable. Bradford was the governor of Plymouth for over thirty years after the previous governor‚ John Carver‚ had died. He was a very powerful leader in the Plymouth Plantation and all the Pilgrims looked at him not only as a leader‚ but also as a part of their
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sue to His Majesty that he would be pleased to grant them freedom of religion. (Bradford pg 30.) Because of the restrictions and the lack of their religious liberty the Puritans felt that the only way they could worship God the way they wanted and felt was the right way to worship was to get away from the people stopping them. This strong belief in their religion was the true influence of what we know as the Plymouth Experiment. The Puritans also had a unique relationship with God that was much
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Puritan writings. Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford is important literature because it tells the story of immigrants‚ which is still common today. The American dream‚ American government‚ American values‚ and American ideologies were based on the Puritans beliefs and the struggles they went through for the American Dream. Convincing future generations of the struggles and achievements of Puritans was the purpose of William Bradford for writing Of Plymouth Plantation. In Of Plymouth Plantation
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Plymouth plantation William Bradford’s non-fictional work‚ "Of Plymouth Plantation‚" is a book about the early settlement experiences of the Puritans from 1620 to 1647. Bradford is the governor of the Plymouth Plantation‚ serving in this role for thirty-three years. He is responsible for the creation and government of the settlement. Bradford begins the work detailing the purpose of the Separatists’s emigration‚ who left England to pursue religious freedom. He also introduces the Puritans‚ a people
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"My Current Knowledge" During my brief research on the passage‚ Of Plymouth Plantation‚ I’ve come to the understanding that it was written by the leader of Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts‚ William Bradford. Bradford slowly wrote the passage in question over a twenty-one year time span allowing him to tell vivid stories of the life of Puritans and their Mayflower voyage‚ making them highly favored [which critics supports by referring to them as‚ "Spiritual ancestors of all Americans" (Samuel Eliot
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William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation gives a first-hand account of many of the various factors at play which ultimately led to the Separatist movement and their subsequent decision to leave their European confines for the freedom of the New World‚ to start afresh in “those vast and unpeopled countries of America‚” Bradford writes. His narrative thus spans the years from the birth of the Separatist movement in 1607 to well into the settlement of Plymouth (1647). At length‚ Bradford describes the condition
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Early America was a time of hardship‚ exploration and a deep belief in God‚ this is best portrayed through is literature. Within early American literature there are many similarities and differences from the work of William Bradford to John Smith. “In sundry of these storms the winds were so fierce and the seas so high‚ as they could not bear a knot of sail‚ but were forced to hull for divers days together. And in one of them‚ as they thus lay at hull in a mighty storm‚ a lusty young man called John
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of Pilgrims in Plymouth Colony. In this excerpt of his manuscript‚ Bradford is explaining the reasons for the removal of people from Europe to go the New World‚ and convincing people of the struggles and achievements of Puritans going to the New World. The purpose of William Bradford for writing Of Plymouth Plantation is to introduce the theme of religion that implies how God can help people overcome tough obstacles if people keep faith in him. In the first part of this Bradford excerpt‚ he explains
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