Question

Given what you know about the experience of the Pilgrims on the Mayflower and the settlement of Plymouth, what topics or themes would you expect to be covered in William Bradford’s account? Include three topics or themes and a brief explanation of why you think they would be of importance to Bradford. Your answer should be at least 150 words.

Answer 1

William Bradford (1590-1657) was a founder and longtime governor of the Plymouth Colony settlement. As Plymouth Colony governor for more than thirty years, Bradford helped draft its legal code and facilitated a community centered on private subsistence agriculture and religious tolerance. Around 1630, he began to compile his two-volume “Of Plymouth Plantation,” one of the most important early chronicles of the settlement of New England.