themselves that any one of these authors is actually telling the truth? Some accounts can never truly be proven false or true‚ but evidence can lead some to come to conclusions themselves. In the two stories‚ or reliable source writings‚ Of Plymouth Plantation written by William Bradford; or The Interesting Narrative of the Life of OlaudahEquianowritten by OlaudahEquiano‚ both authors claim to have experienced what they wrote about firsthand. But how can one be sure that each is a “reliable source”
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William Bradford Dear colleagues‚ Today is a guest in our school‚ Mr. William Bradford‚ governor of Plymouth for many years‚ a true fighter for human rights‚ Puritan leader and one of the founders of the British colonies in North America. Bold and resolute‚ prudent and skilful when it was needed‚ William Bradford opened the door Puritans new life‚ new doors and unknown to the soil of North America. He was born in Yorkshire in the 17th century‚ where one of the conceptual leaders of puritanism
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The Intent and Conflict of the Puritan Belief Conflict and tension will always be around when two parties do not share the same belief or concepts. These concepts take shape when several distinctive personalities are left unsupervised. The outcome of the end results can almost leave many groups divided and prejudice against one another. Many nations are divided and often left in ruins. Many extraordinary conflicts are seeded in our nation foundation and are located throughout the course of what
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Captain Jahn Smith and Governor William Bradford were two influental leaders in the New World during the early 1600s. They both established a colony and they attempted to attract settlers with writings. Their writings were intended for different audiences and they both had different purposes. John Smith’s writings were intended to bring people to the new world. He wrote a pamphlet to the people in England and told about all the good things about New England. In his pamphlet he tried to persuade people
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be direct and to the point. The plain style consisted of simple sentences and everyday used language. It never had figures of speech and especially not any imagery. A good example of this style is found in the passage from Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation‚ "They began now to gather in the small harvest they had‚ and to fit up their houses against winter‚ being all well recovered in health and strength and had all things in good plenty." William took this otherwise exciting story of the Puritans
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Book of Readings. New York: The Foundation Center‚ 1983. The Pilgrim Fathers Basic Information – called themselves ’saints’ – were later (19th century) called Pilgrim Fathers caused by a book by William Bradford named ’’History of Plimoth Plantation’’ where it says ’’They knew they were pilgrims’’ – they were puritan Separatists‚ not accepting the
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and most settlers were puritan also. They wanted to impress God and carry out his plan of a great land( Massachussets Bay). Document "C" shows how most emigrants bound for Virginia in 1635 were majority men. Men were needed to work the tobacco plantations‚ and help develop the colony of Virgina. " There was no talk. . . but dig gold‚ wash gold‚ refine gold‚ load gold. . ."(Doc. F). the main prioirty of Virgina was to obtain gold‚ and indentured servants were perfect for the job. Chesapeake colonies
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New England: A Matter of Perspective John Smith’s A Description of New England and William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation both present a picture of the same pre-colonial land of New England. Mr. Smith’s writing‚ out of necessity‚ painted a rosy picture of the new land‚ while Bradford’s historical account shows early New England was not Heaven on Earth. Mr. Bradford and Mr. Smith are writing about one land‚ but they present two different accounts of the life in the land. John Smith’s writing
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Their ship had gotten off-course several times‚ as a result of the violent storms that took place. Consequently‚ in spite of the patent (which had originally granted them to settle in Virginia)‚ they ended up settling their colony in what they called Plymouth (Massachusetts). This lead to a series of conflicts between the group of land-seeking people and the religious people. The land-seeking people argued that they were not bound by the terms of the patent‚ and thus no one had the power to control them
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The Early Chesapeake • The founding of Jamestown: -1607 Established their colony‚ named Jamestown -London company promoters had no desire of a family-centered community‚ there were no women in Jamestown -Captain John smith became council president in fall of 1608‚ later on smith left - • Reorganization -1609 the London company was changed to The Virginia company. From the king they got more power over the colony and also more land. -Winter of 1609-1610 became known as the “starving Time”
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