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    that colonies such as Jamestown and Plymouth Plantation would be very similar‚ due to the fact that with these two colonies‚ English settlement in North America was born. Although these colonies were the first English settlements in the New World they both had vast differences and similarities. Such as the location of the settlements‚ religious differences‚ how they celebrated thanksgiving and legends they believed in. Jamestown- year established 1607 in Virginia. Settlers that arrived there were

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    This is a novel which is generally speaking about William Bradford journey which is called “Plymouth Plantation”. The aim of the journey was to discover what is called “New England”. William Bradford started his journey with his crew‚ and one day a zymotic disease hit the ship crew‚ and most of them where effected by the disease. One healthy strong man was hooting the sick people‚ and telling them bad words‚ he did not foredoom their stickiness‚ and instead of hooking them helping them. One day when

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    “Met with many fierce storms.” (William Bradford 78). In 1609 Bradford joins separatists and marries Dorothy May in 1613 and together they voyage to Plymouth with Pilgrims; 1620 Dorothy dies followed by governor John Carter in 1621 and place is taken by Bradford and together with the pilgrims on the Mayflower to the Plymouth Who writes about the plantation and stops in 1650 but died in 1657.On the voyage there were those who supported in need “They talked about God their trip.” (Bradford).They relied

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    “Of Plymouth Plantation” by William Bradford is history about the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the lives of the Puritan colonists. He was a Puritan who sailed to Plymouth. He began to attend meetings of small group of Nonconformists and later‚ he joined them. The Nonconformists sailed to find land where they can be free to worship and live according to their own beliefs. After several years‚ William Bradford became governor of Plymouth Colony‚ and he was elected as a governor at least

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    they faced over a period of 5 or more months. Dangerous‚ long‚ and never ending is what many would describe it if we were in their place. Two groups of different people embarked on the same voyage to the new land which were Jamestown and the Plymouth Plantation. What distinguished each other was what kind of person they hold as a leader‚ how they worked together as a group‚ and their purpose of traveling there. In the beginning of the Jamestown voyage‚ their main captain was quite corrupt and he

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    One positive example of religion is that helps people enforce rules and set regulations. In of Plymouth Plantation and The Scarlet letter‚ which are both texts about colonial America‚ the Puritans have strong ties between their everyday life and their worship of God. In regards to the religion of the Puritans‚ there is a fine line between faith and fear when it comes to the Puritans actions‚ feelings‚ and thoughts. The Puritans’ actions expressed their religion in multiple ways that affected‚ not

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    Early Americans as depicted in William Bradford’s primary source document Of Plymouth Plantation (1640)‚ were God-fearing‚ compassionate‚ christians who traveled from Old England to Early America were faced with disease‚ sickness‚ hunger‚ weather‚ and Indians. The Puritans that traveled there spread the word of god with the Indians and built a place of worship. While‚ The Scarlet Letter (1850)‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne portrays these traditional Puritans as: harsh‚ judgmental‚ religion based‚ do everything

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    at first sight‚ anything is imaginable throughout the films. Even Pocahontas fell in love with Caption John Smith while he came to explore the New World. Or did they? In the Disney movie “Pocahontas” there are conflicting facts from “The General History of Virginia” by John Smith; in each there are differences like appearance‚ location‚ and happily ever after endings. Paragraph One: Difference in age when the two met What

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    Sharukh Khan Period 5 John Smith The General History Of Virginia The General History of Virginia is the story of John Smith on his way to the New World and his encounters with the Native Americans. John Smith writes in first person and then changes to third person later during the story when referring himself. He also refers to the Native Americans as barbarians and savages. John smith uses numerous amount of literary elements such as Diction‚ Tone‚ Syntax‚ Unity and Persona‚ while writing

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    In Of Plymouth Plantation written around 1630. The author‚ William Bradford describes the story of the Puritans journey. In 1605‚ a group of English Puritans set out to find and create a pure society. Their journey‚ led by William Bradford took them to North America. Why did everyone see the Native Americans as caretakers? Why did the Pilgrims decide to move to America in spite of the dangers? Although Native Americans would consider themselves as caretakers of the land. They were the first to step

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