Although Captain John Smith (Jamestown) and William Bradford (Plymouth) held and wrote about similar positions in similar situations‚ they handled these situations differently. Not only did they come to the New World for different reasons‚ they also had different focuses when they wrote the histories of their respective colonies. Captain John Smith’s only apparent reason for coming over to the New World to settle was for the adventure that was sure to arise. In his early days‚ he did a lot of fighting
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The Mayflower Compact had great significance to American history. The compact kept peace for the people of Plymouth and set limits to the pilgrims. The signing was a historic event and was depicted in writings and pictures. The Mayflower Compact was an extremely important part of American history. There were many pictures and writings that depict the signing of the Mayflower Compact and how important it was to the Pilgrims. In the picture by Allyn Cox‚ the Pilgrims are gathered inside the Mayflower
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The Mayflower Compact The Mayflower Compact was a document that was signed on November 21‚ 1620 aboard the Mayflower. It was the first document that set principles for the government in the new colony. 41 separatists (men only) of the 101 passengers signed the compact as the earliest document of selfgovernance. Why the Compact was written Bad weather conditions forced the Mayflower to anchor in Massachusetts and not in Virginia‚ which the pilgrims agreed to in a contract with the London Company
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Writing Assignment 4 1. William Bradford: Governor (1590-1657) William Bradford was born in Austerfield‚ Yorkshire‚ England‚ in March1590. Bradford’s parents died when he was young leaving him behind in the care with multiple different relatives. Before his teenage years‚ Bradford joined the Separatist denomination‚ which is the withdrawal of people and churches from Christian rule‚ usually to form new ones. He eventually fled from England on the Mayflower to establish a colony in Plymouth‚ Massachusetts
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Thomas Morton and William Bradford The New World was not without its conflicts as evidenced in the many disputes the Puritans such as Bradford and his Separatists along with Winthrop and his Congregationalists had with other parties who were regarded as dissenters. The causes of such disputes did indeed vary but the inherent reason under all of them was thought to be the Puritan leaders’ defensive nature along with their desire to interpreting history so as to make it compatible with Calvinistic
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Book Report: The Mayflower The voyage of the Mayflower is one we have known since childhood. The pilgrims sailed over and became friends with the Native Americans‚ who taught them the ways of the land while they feasted over a large Thanksgiving dinner and discovered America. Well Nathaniel Philbrick tells this story in a slightly different way than we have grown to know it‚ and for some reason his version seems to make much more sense. This novel takes you on a journey with the original settlers
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John Smith took 100 English men into the wilderness of Virginia in 1607. John Smith went into Virginia to explore and find new land. William Bradford also brought 100 men aboard the Mayflower to go and explore the Plymouth. To Begin with‚ John Smith was the president of Jamestown. When traveling in the wilderness of Virginia he wanted to find new property to tell the colonist that this new territory was better than England. When arriving at Virginia he was captured by the tribe of the Powhatan
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The Perilous Journey Aboard the Mayflower In 1620 a group of English people who wanted to freely worship God‚ resolved to relocate to America. The group is now known as the Pilgrims. The boat they sailed on was called the Mayflower. During the trip a sneaky‚ surging storm erupted. The wildly hollering storm which would not subside for days‚ made the pilgrims stay below the deck. The deck quickly became over crowded‚ stinky‚ loud‚ and noisy with the cries of little ones. The cracks in the deck
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summer‚ I had to read the book‚ “The Mayflower” by Nathaniel Philbrick. When I first started to read this novel I thought it was going to be boring and a waste of time‚ but after finishing the book‚ my opinion has changed. I originally thought that the Native Americans were cruel people who killed innocent people for no reason. Since I read this book‚ I see that’s not true. In this novel‚ a sachem decided to befriend the pilgrims who came to America on the Mayflower. He saw the pilgrims settle down
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those who were immigrants who happened to be John Smith and William Bradford in this situation. They both said to have faced a hardship voyage through the Atlantic Ocean‚ but for them it was all worth it since they would be arriving in a land that has no leadership and they were ready to take upon that position. They believed that life would be easy for them in the new world‚ but eventually they faced a storm of reality. Smith and Bradford came to the New World with different ideas in mind such as
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