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    documents, John Winthrop, Speech to the Massachusetts General Court (1645) and Roger Williams, Letter to the Town of Providence (1655). Both of these documents express opposing views of liberty through the eyes of John Winthrop and Roger William. While both were Puritans who emigrated from England to America in search to worship and govern as God intended, John Winthrop sought to develop a society in which government and people would work together to glorify God, while Roger Williams believed…

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    early 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…

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    powerful and makes you make decisions you normally wouldn't make. Two characters that had to respond with fear in their sites are Abigail Williams and John Proctor. Abigail Williams and John Proctor were both set to respond to fear with decisions that they normally wouldn't make leading to the consequences they didn't expect. In The crucible, Abigail Williams was one of the initial accusers in the Salem witch trials leading to the arrests and imprisonments of hundreds of innocent people. After…

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    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 would…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    their dignity or uphold their image. However, the two people most dedicated to protecting their reputation are Abigail Williams and John Proctor, although for completely different reasons. John Proctor attempts to preserve some aspect of his reputation throughout the entire play, however, the most noticeable and important occurrence of this is found near the end of the play. When John first hesitates before signing the warrant that will say he has done the devil's work and condemn him to a…

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    they 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…

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    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…

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