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    The Bible Prevailing the Dissenters Religious Journey Who played a more important role in the in the historical survival of the brave Pilgrims, God or William Bradford? William Bradford of Plymouth Plantation shares his religious expedition, in a journal, with other dissenters from the Dutch Republic, on the famous Mayflower, to Massachusetts. Bradford is a journalist, historian, and leader. Bradford unfolds the story in his way, continuously contrasting biblical text with real life…

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    immediately regretting the choice. The room swayed as I struggled to stay on my feet. This was what living on the Mayflower for sixty-six days felt like. My mother, my brother, and I had been pilgrims on the voyage. We decided to leave England for the “New World” for religious freedom. Over one hundred of us boarded the ship in 1620. As we…

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    Although John Smith and William Bradford were instrumental to the founding and development of the colonies in the new world, their writings reveal differences in personality, with John Smith being arrogant and self-centered and William Bradford being focused on the greater community which ultimately makes them very different leaders. Smith’s, The General History of Virginia, makes himself seem like the hero of Jamestown, even if it meant stretching the truth. In his account he wrote, “committed…

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    Governor William Bradford was an influential man who wrote about his journey from England to the New World as well as his preparations of a colony for success. Bradford immigrated with the Pilgrims to New England in search of religious refuge from the Anglican church (“Pilgrims” Pilgrims). The Pilgrims believed that the church had not made enough reforms. Because the king became head of the church and the church and the state became a one, a corrupt order was created and did not follow Biblical…

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    immigration are told in stories like: Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford, Vietnamese Native Thankful for Chance Offered in America by Ronnie Thomas, and Mother Tongue by Amy Tan. Immigration has changed America by mixing and changing cultures and ideas while changing those who emigrate by giving them new opportunities to better their life otherwise unaccessible. In Of Plymouth…

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    Carolina and Georgia. Then some of the New England Colonies such as New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and also Connecticut. Some products these colonies produced were tobacco, indigo, rice, farm products, furs, lumber, fish, furs, ships and livestock. These colonies had important events they had to get through to become better. Bacon’s rebellion,…

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    name of the ship is what the pilgrims named the Mayflower Compact after. The Mayflower Compact was molded to keep the pilgrims together. Theses wanderers left England and boarded a ship to set sail to Virginia but in the outcome they ended up in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The pilgrims pronounced that this would be where they settled. So forty one English colonists signed the mayflower compact and they worked together as a group. Running Head: The Mayflower Compact and What it Done…

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    18. Analyze how the concept of salutary neglect created a situation that allowed British Colonists to develop their own governments and discuss how those governments functioned. Confine your answer to 1607 to 1754. Amisa Jiwani Colonial America started to evolve in the years from 1607 to 1754. British Colonists followed and adapted more to policies, such as salutary neglect. In the years between 1607 and 1754, the use of salutary neglect, a British Policy that that prevented the use of…

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    third attempt was lead by the governor of the new colony, John White, in August of 1587. White took 115 people, men, women, and…

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    remains elusive but many places bear his name. He gave his name to the Hudson River in New York, the Hudson Strait and Hudson Bay in Canada. Despite Hudson was one of the most famous explorers of the world, he never really found what he sought. He spent his career seeking different routes to…

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