How Did William Bradford Influence The Government
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. Bradford become a longtime governor until he died in 1657.
2. Tisquantum: Folk Hero (1580-1622)
Tisquantum, also known as Squanto, was born near Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1580. Squanto was a Native American of the Patuxet tribe. People …show more content…
believed he was captured along the Maine coast in 1605 by Captain George Weymouth to explore the coast of Maine and Massachusetts. He served as an interpreter and guide for Pilgrim settlers at Plymouth in the 1620s.
3. Massasoit: Wampanoag Chief (1590-1661)
Massasoit was born near present Bristol, Rhode Island, U.S. in 1590, and died near Bristol in 1661. Throughout his life, the Indian Chief maintained peaceful relations with English settlers around the Plymouth Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Massasoit set out to make sure there was a peaceful settlement between all races. The peace lasted as long as he survived, he and his fellow Indians shared techniques of planting, fishing, and cooking that were essential to settlers ‘survival in the wilderness. Massasoit became very ill in 1623, but grateful Pilgrims nursed him back to normal.
4. John Winthrop: U.S. Governor (1588-1649)
John Winthrop was born January 12, 1588 and died at age 61 in 1649. In 1659, John Winthrop joined the Massachusetts Bay Company to plant a colony in New England. He pledged to sell his English estate and to take his family to Massachusetts if the company government and charter were also transferred to America. Other members agreed and elected him governor. John Winthrop was the first Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the chief figure among the Puritans.
5. Anne Hutchinson: Puritan spiritual advisor (1591-1643)
Anne Hutchinson was born in 1591, in Alford, England. She learned from her father to question religious teachings of the Church of England. In 1634, Hutchinson and her husband followed Protestant Minister John Cotton to Massachusetts Bay Colony. She shared her own interpretations of Cotton’s teachings, against the rule of the governing minsters. She was tried by the General Court and interrogated by the Governor John Winthrop, Hutchinson was then found guilty or heresy, and banished. She was later killed in 1643 in a Native American raid.
6. Roger Williams: English Theologian (1603-1683)
Roger Williams was born December 21, 1603, in London, England.
Williams was the 1638 founder of the First Baptist Church in America, also known as First Baptist Church of Providence. Williams was a student of Native American language, involved in early dealings with American Indians. He organized the first attempt to prohibit slavery in any British American colony. But he is most remembered as the primary cause of separation of church and state.
7. John Cotton: Minister (1585-1652)
John Cotton was born in Derby, Derbyshire, Kingdom of England and was highly needed as a minister in Massachusetts. He was quickly put up for the second pastor of the Boston church, sharing ministry with John Wilson. The Anglican group was uneasy with Cotton’s views, and acted against him by attempting to enforce ceremonial allegiance. Cotton also formed an alliance with Roger Williams, buy Cotton left no doubt about his opposition to Williams’ views by saying that democracy was inappropriate for governing commonwealths and churches.
8. Metacomet: (1638-1676)
Metacomet, also known as Metacom, King Phillip, or Phillip of Pokanoket was an intertribal leader of a confederation of domestic people that included the Wampanoag, and Narraganset. Metacomet led one of the costliest wars in New England territory, known as King Phillips war (1675-1676).
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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. Bradford become a longtime governor until he died in 1657.
2. Tisquantum: Folk Hero (1580-1622)
Tisquantum, also known as Squanto, was born near Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1580. Squanto was a Native American of the Patuxet tribe. People …show more content…
believed he was captured along the Maine coast in 1605 by Captain George Weymouth to explore the coast of Maine and Massachusetts. He served as an interpreter and guide for Pilgrim settlers at Plymouth in the 1620s.
3. Massasoit: Wampanoag Chief (1590-1661)
Massasoit was born near present Bristol, Rhode Island, U.S. in 1590, and died near Bristol in 1661. Throughout his life, the Indian Chief maintained peaceful relations with English settlers around the Plymouth Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Massasoit set out to make sure there was a peaceful settlement between all races. The peace lasted as long as he survived, he and his fellow Indians shared techniques of planting, fishing, and cooking that were essential to settlers ‘survival in the wilderness. Massasoit became very ill in 1623, but grateful Pilgrims nursed him back to normal.
4. John Winthrop: U.S. Governor (1588-1649)
John Winthrop was born January 12, 1588 and died at age 61 in 1649. In 1659, John Winthrop joined the Massachusetts Bay Company to plant a colony in New England. He pledged to sell his English estate and to take his family to Massachusetts if the company government and charter were also transferred to America. Other members agreed and elected him governor. John Winthrop was the first Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the chief figure among the Puritans.
5. Anne Hutchinson: Puritan spiritual advisor (1591-1643)
Anne Hutchinson was born in 1591, in Alford, England. She learned from her father to question religious teachings of the Church of England. In 1634, Hutchinson and her husband followed Protestant Minister John Cotton to Massachusetts Bay Colony. She shared her own interpretations of Cotton’s teachings, against the rule of the governing minsters. She was tried by the General Court and interrogated by the Governor John Winthrop, Hutchinson was then found guilty or heresy, and banished. She was later killed in 1643 in a Native American raid.
6. Roger Williams: English Theologian (1603-1683)
Roger Williams was born December 21, 1603, in London, England.
Williams was the 1638 founder of the First Baptist Church in America, also known as First Baptist Church of Providence. Williams was a student of Native American language, involved in early dealings with American Indians. He organized the first attempt to prohibit slavery in any British American colony. But he is most remembered as the primary cause of separation of church and state.
7. John Cotton: Minister (1585-1652)
John Cotton was born in Derby, Derbyshire, Kingdom of England and was highly needed as a minister in Massachusetts. He was quickly put up for the second pastor of the Boston church, sharing ministry with John Wilson. The Anglican group was uneasy with Cotton’s views, and acted against him by attempting to enforce ceremonial allegiance. Cotton also formed an alliance with Roger Williams, buy Cotton left no doubt about his opposition to Williams’ views by saying that democracy was inappropriate for governing commonwealths and churches.
8. Metacomet: (1638-1676)
Metacomet, also known as Metacom, King Phillip, or Phillip of Pokanoket was an intertribal leader of a confederation of domestic people that included the Wampanoag, and Narraganset. Metacomet led one of the costliest wars in New England territory, known as King Phillips war (1675-1676).
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