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. While adventuring in the New World‚ both colonial leaders
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Unit 2: The Planting of English America Vocabulary Dia Flint Sept.16‚ 2013 1st period John Rolfe: husband of Pocahontas. He was killed by Powhatans in a surprise raid in 1622. He devoted much of his new world life to perfecting a saleable form of tobacco. Disease: main destroyer of Indian people and cultures. Epidemics of measles and smallpox totally destroyed some Indian groups
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The New World was discovered by Spain’s Christopher Columbus in 1492. Many believed that the settlement of the Spanish in the New World was the original settlement. For many years before the arrival of the Europeans‚ various tribes were scattered all throughout the Americas. There was an estimated 10‚000 people living in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492. America was not a virgin wilderness for nearly 12‚000 years. The Spanish were the first to arrive in the New World. They
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purposes‚ to make money‚ whereas the colonists from Plymouth came here for religious reasons. It was ‘predestined’ as they say‚ it was God’s will. Jamestown didn’t really get along with the Natives so much. It was so bad that John Rolfe married Pocahontas‚ the Chief’s daughter to ease tensions between the colonists and the Native Americans. Plymouth however‚ had a pretty good relationship with the Natives and they helped each other out and even signed a peace treaty with
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The chapter demonstrates the aspects of comparative historical research. In the first part of the chapter‚ After the Fact‚ Serving Time in Virginia‚ various research methods used to verify what happened in the early Virginia colony by evaluation of Captain John Smith’s original narrative written to his published narrative‚ the research to seek historical evidence to verify names‚ dates and people‚ interpretation of anthropological facts about Algonquin Indians‚ and evaluation his writing style.
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Captain John Smith dispatched a party of English under Captain Francis West from Jamestown—labeled “Iames-towne” on this map—upriver to the Falls or “The Fales.” Click to zoom This 1616 engraving of Pocahontas by Simon van de Passe was made when she was 21. This 1616 engraving of Pocahontas by Simon van de Passe was made when she was 21. An aerial view
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a well known Virginian for his book: “A Generall Historie of Virginia”. In the book‚ his life was included by many adventurous and romantic events‚ such as the love affairs with a Hungarian woman named Charatza Tragabigzanda and an Indian named Pocahontas. But‚ many historians challenged the credibility of John Smith‚ not because he was lied but he described everything based on his eyewitness without a proper understanding of different cultures. In order to make it clear‚ the author gave an example
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Life Differences Between the Colonies Getting to the Americas was a hardship and living in the America was a struggle of itself . The two most know colonies were Jamestown and Plymouth both are famous because of stories have been told at a young age. Those stories that were told had some truth in it but‚ the rest of the story was made up for pure entertainment because the reality is that story is not really entertaining. These two colonies were different in many ways even by the colonist who lived
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John Rolfe is best known for his marriage to Pocahontas‚ but his greatest contribution to the new world would be introducing tobacco as a commercial crop to Virginia colonists. Although the Indians had already cultivated tobacco‚ Rolfe introduced a sweeter form in Virginia that he imported from Trinidad‚ whose tobacco was considered superior to the Indian variety (Horn‚ 2011). His marriage to Pocahontas in 1614 led to eight years of relative peace with the Indians allowing time for increased land
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and taken prisoner by the power of Powhatan their chief King‚ I received from this great Salvage exceeding great courtesy‚ especially from his son Nantaquaus‚ the most manliest‚ comeliest‚ boldest spirit‚ I ever saw in a Salvage‚ and his sister Pocahontas‚ the Kings most dear and well-beloved daughter‚ being but a child of twelve or thirteen years of age‚ whose compassionate pitiful heart‚ of my desperate estate‚ gave me much cause to respect her: I being the first Christian this proud King and his
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