John Smith and William Bradford both traveled thousands of miles on small ships to achieve religious freedom. The General History of Virginia is a historical narrative written by John Smith. The story describes the rough beginning of religious freedom, and what they had to go through to get it. If I were to settle into a new world, I would join someone brave and determined, like John Smith.…
Also, Indians gave them trouble time to time. What Captain Christopher Newport did as soon as he landed was building a fort and trying to make friends with Indians. Yet, when he came back, he found that two hundred of Powhatan’s warriors had attacked the fort. Even afterward, uneasiness with Indians continues throughout. Nonetheless, important thing to notice is that many mistakes of settlers are offspring of the poor organization and direction of the colony. The way leaders were picked didn’t help the colony, not to mention that the council members spent most of their time bickering and intriguing against one another. Later, John Smith came to rescue by putting people to work, but that changed again when the Virginia Company came to take over. Smith’s confidence in him self and his willingness to act while other talked over came most of the handicaps imposed by the feeble frame of government. It was smith who kept the colony going those years. But in doing so he dealt more decisively with the Indians than with his own quarreling countrymen, and he gave Initial turn to the colony’s Indian relations that was not quite what the company had…
The English first settled in Jamestown, Virginia, a very unhealthy, swampy area. As a result, many people died and there was a very harsh winter. John Smith saved the colony by enforcing the “work to eat” rule, but chaos soon returned when he was…
James Cannon was born in 1864 and grew up to be a well-educated man; he got degrees from Randolf-Macon College and Princeton University. From about 1904 to 1918, Cannon was the editor of the Baltimore and Richmond Christian Advocate, a Virginia Conference Newspaper, where he inserted passionate ideas of the Methodist cause of Prohibition. Beginning in 1901, James Cannon became a large part of the Anti-Saloon League; he started out on the executive committee, moved on to president, and was superintendent by 1909. After the death of Wayne Wheeler, the head of the Anti-Saloon League, in 1927, James Cannon become the most powerful leader of the Temperance Movement. In 1918, Cannon was appointed as bishop, which helped him influence the entire country of his ideas on Temperance.…
Have you ever wondered about the beginning of America and if one thing was different, it could’ve changed the course of history? This question applies to a very important man in Jamestown who goes by the name of John Smith. On his trip to America, he complained about his ship’s leader which resulted in him being locked up (January 10). If it weren’t for a piece of paper from Europe, Smith might’ve been locked in the ship forever. Fortunately the paper contained a list of seven people in charge of Jamestown and his name was on it (15). He was then put in charge of construction (16). Jamestown was nearly dying of starvation due to the lack of knowledge on harvesting. With winter approaching rapidly, Jamestown would be in worse condition than it already was. Bravely, John Smith made a daring and bold attempt to trade with the Native Americans. It was a success! Jamestown was saved! Until the day he was taken prisoner by a different tribe of Native Americans that he doesn’t associate himself with (17). Smith managed to make it back to Jamestown unharmed, where he was elected president of the colony on September 10, 1608 (21). He made sure Jamestown stayed in good condition, unfortunately he was injured by gunpowder…
William Bradford and John Smith, two different guys but at the same time accomplished many things throughout their lives. They were similar in a couple ways but there were also things that distinguish them. Both, John Smith’s persuasive pamphlet and William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation present a different picture of the same pre-colonial land of New England. In addition, they established colonies and through their writings, they hoped to attract more settlers with similar cases.…
Have you ever wondered whose hands our country was in at the start of our time? John Smith was one of the first American heroes. He was the first man to promote a permanent settlement of America. William Bradford was a Puritan who was courageous and determined to set up a colony where citizens could worship freely. Although both of these men were two of America’s heroes, they had more differences than known. John Smith and William Bradford had a common interest of getting others to join them in the settlement of the New World; they did for different reasons. Both Smith and Bradford shared similarities and differences with their relationship’s to their fellow settlers, their sense of community, and how God influenced them and their colonies.…
In Smith’s publication, A Description of New England (1616), he goes so far as to compare the colonists to Adam and Eve; just as Adam and Eve spread productivity throughout the world, the colonists created life in the Virginia colony. Smith essentially sympathized with gentlemen; he knew it was not their fault they were useless and that this trait was merely a product of the imposed standards of English society. He recognized that “they were imprisoned by their own self-imposed limitations. What they could and could not do was decided by their awareness of traditional roles and by the shame that they would feel if others saw them engaged in physical work.” Lemay speculates that as a result of Smith’s strict rules and the emigration to America, these men could shed these roles and create new…
To most Americans especially schoolchildren, the term "colonist" stimulates images of strong Pilgrims setting sail on the Mayflower or Arbella to land in the America’s—an impressive legend of hard-work and purpose. The records of John Smith, William Bradford, and John Winthrop, testify that in most cases the images evoked are true.…
John Smith and William Bradford were prominent writers and colonial leaders during the Puritan and Pilgrim era. However, both had different ways of conveying their thoughts and experiences during their travels and time in the New World. Those different ways included, but were not limited to, how they wrote about their interactions with the Native Americans, how the crews interacted with each other, and how God was perceived in their eyes.…
Jamestown and Plymouth Plantation are two colonies but are very distinct from each other. John Smith and William Bradford came from England to explore the Americas, but each with their own intentions. They both had trouble coming here establishing their new colonies because survival was difficult. John Smith barely survived what he went through stating, “Such actions have ever since the world’s beginning been subject to such accidents, and everything of worth is found full of difficulties…”(Smith). Bradford had hardships with his crew on the Mayflower quoting, “…To consider in time of the danger, and rather to return than to cast themselves into a desperate and inevitable peril” (Bradford). The two were similar in cultural backgrounds but they had different experiences traveling to the new…
In the early age, Jamestown suffered from many hardships such as famine, diseases, and attacks of Indian; however, the leadership of Captain John Smith helped the colony from dissolving. He controlled the colony with a strict discipline on the colonist “work or starve” and he made sure that everyone worked as a team. So John Smith was important in the survival of Jamestown by keeping it “alive”.…
John Smith and William Bradford were two extremely different people who both established colonies in the new world. However, both men were similar in certain aspects. They were similar in their faith, biases, and position. They were different in their personality, treatment of others, and purpose.…
Henry and Smith both strove for Unity through their speeches, yet both speeches and resemblances and variations. They both used a similar “avenue” of writing to talk about the topics at hand and they wanted the country, or in Henry’s case, colonies to come together. The only exception was that Henry was after war, while Smith was after…
An interesting characteristic of the colonies that the English founded during the 17th and 18th centuries on the eastern coast of modern day America is that while all were indeed settled by people from England they each developed their own very distinct cultures and ways of life. While the varying environments from each colony to the next certainly isn’t a negligible factor in the diversification of the colonists’ cultures in the New World, there are more striking factors that can be considered. The colonists themselves it seems had very different viewpoints, goals and demeanor when several regions are compared. Examples of two regions that were both settled by the English that developed very different and arguably contrasting cultures are the New England and the Chesapeake colonies. It is apparent that the main goals and natures of the colonists in either region were dissimilar. In New England colonists were primarily Puritans and focused on religion, self-government, family values, and cooperation for the good of the community where in the Chesapeake colonists often relied on the royal government and were focused on acquiring great wealth and furthering their own individual achievement. These dissimilarities as well as other factors like the environment caused the two cultures to develop in very separate ways.…