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    They founded their colony in the New World. Hudson's third trip was the first to record the European discovery of the New York State today. On his return in England in November, Henry Hudson is arrested in Dartmouth to have sailed to another nation. Before, it was treason…

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    The Difference Between Bradford’s and The Natives’ Beliefs Creation of all is always a speculation of how it actually began. William Bradford and the Native story tellers, Iroquois and Navajo, definitely have two different ideas of their creations, and who or what is the master of their creation. This is also who they worship, for instance Bradford believes in “Divine Providence,” and the Native believe in a that nature is their “divine one.” Neither belief is wrong or right, just shows how…

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    Recently, we have learned the dairy which wrote by 2 heroes 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…

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    In Joseph Brant’s oratory he discusses the various ways how the Six Nations demonstrated their loyalty to the British Crown. Some notable facts about Brant were that he was bilingual and literate, translated the gospel into Mohawk, he visited England twice and was well received by the court as well as befriended by the Prince of Wales (Calloway 208). Additionally, in one of his messages to the British, for example to Lord Germain, he reminds how the “Mohocks…have on all occasions shewn their…

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    The First Representative Governments in North America In North America there were 13 colonies. Each colony was given an opportunity to choose representatives. The colonists had taxes forced on them by the king. Colonists didn’t want a system without checks and balances to occur, so citizens could vote on candidates to represent them. Eventually, if the candidates didn’t represent the people’s rights as they wished, they could be voted out of office. This is called a representative government,…

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    Most people are taught that the natives were treated friendly when the Europeans came to explore, this is not the case. Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford and The General History of Virginia by John Smith are novels of settlers and native relations. In both John Smith and William Bradford's texts, the men show themselves as heroes and the natives as lesser by denigrating their language, tricking them with contracts, and, having negative expectations. The Pilgrims, like the settlers at…

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    2. In the early 1600s, William Bradford, a Puritan pilgrim from England, wrote a journal [Sovereignty and the], recording all his experiences regarding his pilgrimage. When this text was written, the Church of England had started to persecute all those who did not follow their religion, which included the Puritans, who had to move to Leiden, Holland. After a few years, a war broke out in that area, so the Pilgrims were forced to move somewhere else, in which they chose the present-day East Coast…

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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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    Pilgrims’ situation in Plymouth more compliant (Bradford and Morison). Brewster, along with William Bradford, led the Separatists on a challenging journey from Leiden, Holland, to America (Gragg 132). My ancestors’ immigration to North America in the 1600s…

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    Jamestown In Virginia

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    A few colonies and cities communities have experienced some secretive and unfathomable pasts which can't be overlooked for long. Comparative sort of history has been seen in Jamestown and Plymouth. Jamestown in Virginia was the principal lasting English settlement and Plymouth in Massachusetts being the second, with these two states English settlement in North America was begun. Jamestown was started when in 1607, the London Company was created by a group of merchants. They sent themselves onto…

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