Ana Aviles Period: 6 Date: 9/26/13 Compare and contrast essay You may think 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.
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In William Bradford’s History of the Plymouth plantation the members of the church of England left England and headed to Americas to have a fresh start‚ without the strict guidelines of the England. As they became colonized on the land they began using their religious beliefs to help the survive‚ and manage. In History of the Plymouth plantation Bradford say‚ “for which way so ever they turned their eyes (save upward to the heavens.) (89)
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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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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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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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2012 Essay Assignment #1 Question: Compare and contrast the colonization of Jamestown‚ Plymouth‚ and Massachusetts Bay. Be sure to discuss the settlers involved‚ the purpose of the colonies‚ the success or failure of the colony‚ important developments associated with colonization‚ and the role of religion in the colony. HIST-1301-009 - U.S. HISTORY TO 1865 Essay Assignment #1 Jamestown‚ Plymouth‚ and Massachusetts Bay are all belong to English Colonization. There have some similarities
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researchers to use in order to change something or learn from it. In the cases of “Belle Meade Plantation: The First Nonprofit Winery Engages in Social Entrepreneurship” and “Multilevel Marketing Under Fire: Herbalife Defends Its Business Model” have been studied upon. The case of “Belle Meade Plantation: The First Nonprofit Winery Engages in Social Entrepreneurship” focused on how the Belle Meade Plantation turned to social entrepreneurship for a source of money for the company to survive. The case
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Imagine leaving everything you’ve ever known. The expert‚ “Of Plymouth Plantation”‚ by William Bradford‚ describes the struggles of pilgrims coming to America. The pilgrims first had to unite to reach the new world‚ then again to survive an Indian attack‚ and to survive. To cross the ocean the pilgrims had to work together. The story states “after a beating at sea they fell with that land which is called Cape Cod”. The statement implies they ran into many struggles during their journey. When
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The presence of God is evident in the passage from The History of Plymouth Plantation in every event significant or not. In his diary‚ William Bradford describes several occurrences in which God played a major role in deciding the outcome. According to Bradford‚ God can help or hurt according to His will. <br> <br>The first of these displays of God’s will in this passage was of revenge toward a sailor. He was as Bradford described him "a proud and very profane young man... of a lusty‚ able body
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