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    American history. One influential individual is William Bradford. He has made marks in history such as his involvement with the separatist’s‚ his voyage on the Mayflower‚ and becoming the governor of the Plymouth colony. Bradford lived a successful life and was a leader starting from a very young age. William Bradford always questioned the majority and made decisions based on his own beliefs and what he felt was best for the people he cared for. William Bradford was an English separatist born in 1590 in

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    details you learned about William Bradford from this reading. -By the time William Bradford was twelve‚ he was orphaned by the death of his parents. -In 1621‚ after the death of John Carver‚ he was elected governor of Plymouth and reelected nearly every year henceforth -William was married twice: First to Dorothy May‚ 10 December 1613‚ in Amsterdam. And then to Alice (Carpenter) Southworth‚ on 14 August 1623‚ in Plymouth. In two sentences‚ explain why you think Bradford is significant in American

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    William Bradford Author Biography • William Bradford joined the crusade for religious reform at age 12. • In 1620‚ Bradford and his wife‚ Dorothy‚ left behind their four year old son to join nearly 40 other Separatists on the ship Mayflower. • During the long‚ difficult journey to America‚ disagreements broke out among the group and Bradford took decisive action. He helped create the Mayflower Compact‚ often called the first U.S. Constitution. During his 30 years as governor‚ he continued to

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    Part I: Answer the following questions on Bradford. (These are the same questions from the Observe page.) 1. In complete sentence format‚ list three specific details you learned about William Bradford from this reading.1a. What I have learned about William Bradford is that he two marriages‚ one of them was to Dorothy on May‚ 10th December 1613‚ in Amsterdam. The second marriage was to a woman named Alice (Carpenter) Southworth‚ on August 14th 1623‚ in Plymouth. Also‚ he died May 9th‚ 1657‚ in Plymouth

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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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    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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    Although Captain John Smith (Jamestown) and William Bradford (Plymouth) held and wrote about similar positions in similar situations‚ they handled these situations differently. Not only did they come to the New World for different reasons‚ they also had different focuses when they wrote the histories of their respective colonies. Captain John Smith’s only apparent reason for coming over to the New World to settle was for the adventure that was sure to arise. In his early days‚ he did a lot of fighting

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    Through many of his poems‚ William Carlos Williams presents the reality of poverty among a great portion of the American society. Within Williams’ work of Selected Poems‚ he not only reveals the trapped lifestyle of those living in poverty‚ but he also represents the horror of the war between social classes along with the coinciding war on the poor. Williams’ use of plutonic images among these poems provides powerful meaning to his argument of American societal values‚ claiming the men of America

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    NAME: ​  austin bailey    La semana santa Webquest       Answer the following 3 questions in English based on your own knowledge. Type  your answers in a different color font.  1. What is the origin of the holiday known as Easter? How do some people here in  the U.S celebrate Easter? (secular and religious) ​  when christ died on the cross. some  people go and hunt easter eggs at church  2.​     ​ What do you know about how it is celebrated in Spain?    ​ nothing     Now answer these specific questions by reading at: 

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    John Smith vs. William Bradford Laura Ward To many Europeans in the early 17th century the Americas seemed as a new land of opportunity. John Smith and William Bradford were two of the first men who left England seeking adventure and freedom in the New World. Both groups had difficulties while trying to form their colonies and Smith and Bradford were both elected to lead. While they were both great leaders they had very different lives before their journey from England. While starting their

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