Poor Richard's Almanack

Value 1: Hardworking, Dedicated Text 1: “Of Plymouth Plantation” by William Bradford “In sundry of these storms the winds were so fierce and the seas so high, as they could not bear a knot of sail, but were forced to hull for divers days together.” “Would they do what could be done for their wages’ sake and on the other hand they were loath to hazard their lives too desperately.” In “of Plymouth plantation”, William Bradford acknowledges their determination and hard work for what they wanted…

Define and give the significance of the following Key Terms: The Dominion of New England: The Dominion of New England was a coalition of New England colonies in 1686 created by King James II. It originally consisted of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Plymouth, Massachusetts, and Connecticut and had its capital in Boston. Later, in 1688, James II added the Jerseys and New York. Individually operated state legislative branches were dissipated, and Sir Edmund Andros took over as the governor of the…

Literary periods Medieval (500-1500) In the beginning of the medieval period, which lasted from approximately 500-1500 A.D., not a lot of books were written, but literature was passed by word of mouth. During this period a lot of different languages were spoken in Britain, for example Celtic, Old English, Latina and a certain dialect of French called Anglo-Norman. During the medieval period the language of the upper class was French, which meant that French was the language of worldly…

What must be understood to achieve a level of clarity in this matter is that it is not what we believe in that makes us righteous humans, but it is our actions and intentions that define us. To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart, is true for all men -- that is genius.... Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.... What I must do, is all that concerns me; not what the people think.... Nothing can bring you peace but yourself; nothing, but the…