Plymouth Plantation Analysis

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The History of Virginia and the Plymouth Plantation The stories The Plymouth Plantation and History of Virginia written by William Bradford and John Smith. Both stories had their similarities but also had a lot of differences. Captain John Smith and William Brandford were both settlers who used their own techniques to survive these crazy unknown lands. Although they decided to settle these wild unknown lands they both came for different reasons. They risked a lot to settle over there. Jamestown was a very strong country in the Sixteen hundreds. Englishmen were the ones that build America first official English colony in Jamestown, Virginia. About 104 English settlers arrived in Jamestown in 1607. “Jamestown gave the settlers a good anchorage …show more content…
He would thank god for the protection and succes him and his crew made. Bradford group would help each other while Smith group would not help each other at all.They did not care about one another they were selfish and only thought about them self. Native Americans were a huge part of Captain John Smith and William Bradford Survival because they knew the lands better then they did Bradford was thankful for them while John Smith would take them for granted and not appreciate a single thing the native american would help him with whatever it was.John Smith and his crew would have not survive if it were not for the help of the native americans. After all this Captain John Smith and William Bradford were both humans who came into a new world for different sources Although they were human they both had different views of the world they both arrived in different places they had different beliefs personalitys. Smith was from the cheapeake they were all about (profit and agriculture )and Bradford was from the New England Area (An Area were Family and Religion

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