The First Immigrants In William Bradford's From Of Plymouth Plantation

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Dating back to the seventieth century, Europeans would start their voyage to the new world in hopes of finding new land to call home. Making this voyage these Europeans would be considered the first set of immigrants to make land on American soil. In a text written by William Bradford called “From of Plymouth Plantation,” he describes his journey from Plymouth, England all the way to Cape Cod. On this journey, he accounts all the struggles he had with arriving and readjusting to the new land they would call home. These set of immigrants played a big role in American history. Not only because they were considered the first immigrants, but because they set up the population and culture we have today. They brought over a new religion and a new

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