Bradford and Equiano have narratives with differing tone, audience, and purpose. However, both narratives align in experiences and values. Horrific circumstances and the value of human life are expressed in Bradford’s "of Plymouth Plantation" and Equiano’s "An Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano.” First, both narrators endure horrific circumstances in essentially the same situations. The ships are stricken with sickness and conditions, whether it be nature or people causing it.…
Many people came to the New World looking for new possibilities, freedom, and a place to settle and become an established, respectable land. Starting in the early 1600’s, the Virginia Company wanted a settlement in America. The Chesapeake colonies, including Virginia and Maryland first established the town of Jamestown. “Jamestown was intended to become the core of a long-term settlement effort, creating new wealth for the London investors and recreating English society in North America”…
Is there a way to determine where the truth lays when there are two different perspectives on the same situations? Unfortunately, there is no clear cut answer. In William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation and Thomas Morton’s New English Canaan, there are countless discrepancies between each story. Both men seek to defame one another in order to preserve the innocence of their individual characters. They are not exactly successful in their mission when Morton and Bradford spend time discussing…
establish their own government, they drew up an agreement on how they would run their new colony. This compliance became known as The Mayflower Compact. The Mayflower Compact is significant because it was the first self-governing document for the Plymouth Colony and is the framework…
Puritains of the time to leave their homes in hopes of freedom in the New World to pray and worship as they like, but many soon after lost focus on this original purpose and moved on to new ones. In the writings of Puritains such as, "Huswifery", "Of Plymouth Plantaion", and other works. you see the transformation from their original purpose, of free worship, for traveling to the New World, to newer purposes such as conversion of non-believers, wealth, and culture. While Puritains came to the…
always introduced or forced. We learn that discoveries are made every day; for the most of us, it is a new word, a tool, idea, or the discovery of a new place. In the early 1600s, the early Settlers arrived to New England. The first Settlers were the Plymouth Colony, led by William Bradford. They were often referred to as Pilgrims or Separatists, and they arrived on The Mayflower Compact. The Separatists maintained ties with Great Britain till eventually they broke away from the English ways.…
The story takes pace in Kentucky with a farmer named Arthur Shelby who is in debt and might lose everything. He and his wife respect their slaves and treat them with care but must sell two in order to make ends meet. Arthur decides to sell Uncle Tom and harry. The husband then tells his wife about the agreement he has made and the wife is distraught because she had promised the mother she would not sell the son. However the mother had overheard the whole conversation and warns tom and then flees…
Another day at The Cape had come to an end. I actually enjoy going to bed at The Cape, because it means another great day will be waiting for me when I wake up. Going to the beach is basically what we did every day, until we decided to visit Plymouth Rock. Our whole family was really excited to see where the Pilgrims landed, but it was really anti-climatic. It was basically just a broken rock no bigger than a school desk. But I still thought that it was amazing that this rock was the first…
Has muscle gone too Far In 1964 Ford released the first iconic muscle car that changed american life style and revolutionized the automotive industry by introducing new style of cars. Such an iconic part of American History didn’t just emerged from the dark or from a simple idea, like an everyday object, everything has a background and purpose being innovated as time goes on. When someone looks at a muscle car they typically think speed, power, and the massive V8 rumbling sound. Yet no one…
People traveling from England to the New World were about to embark on a month-long journey to a place that they had only heard things about but hadn’t actually been to. During this long journey, they willingly faced the likelihood of death, disease, and the unknown. These settlers were hoping to find new opportunities in the North America for themselves and for their country. Virginia was established in 1607 by Englishmen who were looking to make a profit from gold and silver. Life in Virginia…