John Smith

going to change his name to John Smith). In the years to follow, the entire elementary school would have heard of and, of course, fallen for John Smith. But for the moment I, being a naive, newly turned seven year-old, thought that I would be the one to date John Smith. So one day towards the end of the school year, my teacher announced that we would be playing heads-up seven-up! I came up with the most ingenious plan, for a seven year-old: I planned to pick John Smith in a game of heads-up…

1600’s, there were two settlers, John Smith and William Bradford who came from England. In William Bradford's and Johns Smiths journal, it talks about the difficult lifestyle and the struggles of making new life in America. Although both journals and colonies share some similarities, they both also came across some differences. John smith came to the new world to seek for money while William Bradford came seeking for religious freedom and worship. In John Smith journal, he writes his…

Smith and Bradford The New World during the 1600s signified a place of mystery to those who had the inability to explore its existence. For Captain John Smith and Governor William Bradford, exploration of the New World proved to be a new beginning. John Smith and William Bradford both kept detailed works of their time and experiences in North America. Although Smith and Bradford may have had shared some dissimilar experiences upon further inspection of the New World, such as interaction with…

John Smith and William Bradford were two very influential English explorers in the 1600s. They were both settlers in the new land and challenged to lead a colony. Through their journey they experienced some very similar hardships but managed to get out of them in different manners. Throughout their journey you can compare many similarity and differences between the two. Some could argue that they are very similar leaders, while others would argue that they are complete opposites. John Smith…

are. Captain John Smith and Governor William Bradford were two significant figures in the early years of the English colonies. Both Bradford and Smith’s writings reveal an interest in defining their identity, their goals and purposes, as well as their relationship to the New World and its inhabitants. Through their accounts of their time in the New World, Smith and Bradford create contrasting portraits of the ideal American. While strategically writing in the third person, John Smith…

John Smith and William Bradford traveled to uncharted America with the intentions of creating a finer quality of life. In a time of new settlements, both men were forced with the tasks of similar challenges and hardships. Handling these situations however distinguished Bradford and Smith from one another. John and William’s attitudes, tones, and objectives both deviate from and correspond to each others’ accounts, allowing the reader to visibly see the differences and similarity. In the…

during colonial time period: John Smith and William Bradford. They are such important figures, the story of them gives us a great picture of the arduous life in early America during 16 century. The two characters share a lot of common ground; but in the mean while they also have distinct differences. In the following couple paragraph we are going to discover and scrutinize their personal belief and creed, I believe we would see the great distinguish between John Smith and William Bradford. I…

Jamestown there is a man named Capt. John Smith. In Plymouth Plantation it’s a group of sailors that are lead by a man named William Bradford. They both have similar encounters with the Native americans when you compare both of them side to side. The stories are close to being the same, but they are not if you pay close attention. Captain John Smith and William Bradford were both very different people. John smith all he really cared about was money. John smith would pretty much do anything for…

1.)John Smith was one of the first leaders in the New World and established the American archetype of a hard working hero. In order to attract more people to Virginia and New England John Smith wrote two pieces called "History of Virginia" and "Description on New England. Smith's first piece told the story of Jamestown and how badly the settlers suffered after Smith left them under the control of weak leadership. Smiths second piece vividly describes the plentiful resources in New England and…

John Smith a Soldier for hire set upon a journey across the ocean in order to sit on a council to govern a new community. As one of the founders of Jamestown and arguably the first writer of the new world might have never intended for his work to be published but placing his writings on a supply ship back to England. His literary works included an influential book called A General History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles, would not appear until 1624. A most interesting passage from…