While both William Bradford and John Smith were strong figures in leadership and influential authors during the Puritan era‚ their styles of writing differ significantly. From a critical outlook‚ Smith used a persuasive style of writing while Bradford chose to adopt an informative style of writing‚ despite the fact that they wrote about the same pre-colonial land. Smith used persuasive writing his work in the bid to appeal to the audience or readers that people ought to awaken‚ realize the new
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All throughout their lives‚ Mary and William were faced with difficult hardships that tested their faith in their Puritan beliefs. They each found a way to overcome their hardships by finding peace and understanding through their religion. A hardship that Mary Rowlandson had to face was when she and her children were both kidnapped from their home by the Wampanoag tribe. As a prisoner‚ she had to deal with starvation and feared for her life. She maintained strong in her faith and tried to find a
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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. One thing that Smith and Bradford had in common was their unyielding faith. Bradford was a puritan; his entire purpose for coming to the Americas was religious. He wrote “and the wind shrinking upon them
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Prompt: Using Nathaniel Philbrick’s book Mayflower‚ complete a 5 page essay answering the following prompt: Nathanial Philbrick writes‚ "When Philip’s warriors attacked in June of 1675‚ it was not because relentless and faceless forces had given the Indians no other choice. Those forces had existed from the beginning." (xiv) What forces lead to King Phillips war and how did those forces change the way historians have viewed the Pilgrim myth? Mayflower paper Mayflower: A Story of Courage‚ Community
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founding of American society‚ the pilgrims felt the need for structure in their new civilization‚ even before anyone touch the soil‚ so they‚ too‚ formed an important document‚ created on November 11‚ 1620 aboard the ship‚ the Mayflower. This document was called The Mayflower Compact‚ it stressed the importance of structure‚ order and a need for governing laws when it states early on
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Notably‚ in colonizing the New World‚ Captain John Smith and William Bradford were both significant figures. They both established colonies and through their writings‚ they hoped to attract more settlers that were relatable to them. Smith was the first man to endorse a permanent settlement of America. Bradford was a Puritan who was brave and firm on setting up a colony where people could practice their preferred religion freely. Both of these men shared similarities and differences with
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a wonderful world of vast food and pleasure. Also‚ William Bradford another pilgrim who arrived to Plymouth on the coast of Massachusetts‚ wrote a book called " Of Plymouth Plantation " in which he describes what really happened their‚ how the pilgrims actually lived. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast both authors and their books. John Smith wrote about the wonderful place the New World was‚ on the other hand‚ William Bradford wrote about the realities and difficulties of the New
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John Smith and William Bradford are both explorers that came to the New World in hopes of a better life. There are many comparisons and contrasts to be made between the two. You can elict from their writing styles that in both writers’ works‚ their purpose is to inform and persuade. Both of their stories began the same‚ entering the New World as callow foreigners trying to start a colony while fighting off starvation‚ disease‚ and Native American (or ”savages” as John Smith calls them) attacks.
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On November 11‚ 1620 the pilgrims‚ aboard the Mayflower ship‚ dropped anchor at Cape Cod. They wanted to explore the new land with a shallop they brought with them from England‚ but it suffered damages during the voyage and needed mending. In this situation‚ while the shallop was being repaired‚ 16 well armed men‚ leaded by Captain Standish‚ were allowed to seek what seemed to be a nearby river. This was unknown land‚ so they took every precaution available to them. On the 15th of November they
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colonies might have died out. Just like how Jamestown and Plymouth had their similarities and differences so did the people who founded them. Even though John Smith and William Bradford had similarities and differences‚ there is no doubt their respected colony would’ve died out if it wasn’t for them. Though John Smith and William Bradbury both wrote about their times in their colonies‚ the way they wrote about it was very different. Smith‚ whose intentions were to bring people from Europe to Jamestown
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