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    Imagine yourself on the Mayflower, staring out into the open sea. The harsh storm going on tossed your ship around, and all the tossing and spinning made you feel seasick! This was one of the many challenges that the Plymouth Colony Pilgrims had to face. I believe that the Plymouth Colony faced many hardships during their attempt to create a new colony. The three main challenges that the Pilgrims faced were the unpleasant conditions during their voyage, arriving at Cape Cod instead of their original destination, Virginia, and having to work in the harsh winter weather. All in all, the Plymouth Colony faced many challenges, but they still remained strong through these times. One reason why I think the Pilgrims in the Plymouth Colony faced…

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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.…

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    The Plymouth Then second permanent English settlement in North America was founded in 1620 by settlers, including a group of religious who later founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Pilgrims believed that the Church of England could not be reformed. Rather than attempting to purify the church the Pilgrims desired a total separation. Dissenters commonly referred to as the Pilgrims Though theologically very similar to the Puritans The Plymouth Colony met of being separated, but They was…

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    land that would be both fertile and defendable against outside threats. The Englishmen correspondingly received orders from King James I, the charterer of the Virginia Company, to spread Christianity, to discover treasure, and to discover a rite of passage to the Pacific Ocean. Upon their arrival, they searched for what would be the most ideal area to colonize. Once the search concluded, they settled upon the Chesapeake Bay, which they believed was apt to the criterion. However, they…

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    start to feel queasy. Anyways, violent storms would batter our merchant ship. One of the storms had been so rough that a support beam had broke. Thankfully, a “great iron screw” had been brought along just in case. At the end of the expedition, only one man had died and two children were born. (Mayflower and Mayflower Compact.) Landrem 2 Sometime after we arrived to shore, the…

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    have to almost leave everything that happened at the old school behind and start over. However, with these different movies, plays, or books the way they kept everything with them is what will be shown. Using “Balboa” by Sabina Murray, “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare, and “Of Plymouth Plantation” by William Bradford to tell how the European settlers brought changes that were negative to the Americas. The story “Balboa” by Sabina Murray she writes that how Balboa, who is what the story is…

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    Jamestown and Plymouth In the early 15th century, Europeans began to set their eyes on the horizon in search of a new world. As countries began to set sail in hopes of gold, God and glory, the idea of permanent settlement in the New World was out of mind, at least at first. As both Spain and Portugal ruled over the mercantile scene, England was yet to make its mark. Feeling the pressure, England joined the hunt for natural resources without knowing it would one day be the start of the modern…

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    William Bradford was an original and longtime governor of the Plymouth Colony agreement. He was born in england.Bradford was among many of the passengers on the Mayflower's trans-Atlantic journey, and he signed the Mayflower Compact upon landing in Massachusetts in 1620. He was elected governor for thirty years straight after John carver died. Bradford helped make its legal code and eased a community focused on private subsistence agriculture and religious strength. Around 1630, he began to…

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    On the other hand, Jamestown and Plymouth had quite a bit of things that were different from each other for example, their reason to leave England, and the amount of people who came on each voyage. Nevertheless both contributed greatly to present American heritage of law, custom, government, religion, and heritage. Therefore Jamestown and Plymouth were very important to modern America, and we wouldn’t be where we are today without these two…

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    Hale relies on his belief that God speaks through the children to find out who is guilty or innocent as well as to find evidence. Hale puts this belief before any physical evidence against it, even if it is one of the girls confessing that the whole group of girls had been lying the whole time. Lastly, Giles Corey “[stood] mute, and died Christian under the law” (Miller 125), rather than trying to save himself. In fact, he even encouraged officials to put more weight on his chest. This situation…

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