Compare And Contrast Captain Smith And William Bradford

The environment around Jamestown was horrible for disposing human waste. When people tried to discard of their waste many times it would end up in the drinking water. With waste in their water they got diseases and would die. The Jamestown people tried to get around this problem by making wells , but they were vulnerable to drought

In the movie, The New World: Nightmare in Jamestown begins with the voyage of about one hundred men journeying to discover treasure in the New World called Jamestown. These men were part of what was called the, Virginia Company. The Virginia Companies exploration was predominantly for treasure like gold and silver. The voyage took about four months. At the time, Jamestown was not the place to be living. In Jamestown the land has been stricken with a scarcity of food and there had been a staggering amount of infections going around. Fortunately, they had the assistance from England who shipped them different resources essential in order to endure the harsh conditions of Jamestown.

The third and final reason of why Jamestown failed so horribly was because of disease. They had 1 surgeon and no apothecary. Also, the triangle shaped fort they made didn't have any plumping, so... where did they put their human waste? They dumped it in the river. But, the area was notorious for having high and low tides. And they and to drink something, but the water was easier to reach at high tides do to their position on the beach. So the high tides brought in whatever they dumped out and they basically consumed their own waste which definitely got them sick. Smart people right?

The author John Smith, a pilgrim who arrived to the Americas, wrote a description of the new land in his book “ A Description of New England ”. In this book Smith shows a wonderful world of vast food and pleasure. Also, William Bradford another pilgrim who arrived to Plymouth on the coast of Massachusetts, wrote a book called “ Of Plymouth Plantation ” in which he describes what really happened, how the pilgrims actually lived. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast both authors and their books. John Smith wrote about the wonderful place the New World was, on the other hand, William Bradford wrote about the realities and difficulties of the New World.

When the first American settlement on Roanoke Island was established in 1585 it’s primary force, Sir Walter Raleigh, had no idea that this “New World” would evolve into one of the most powerful voices in the modern world. But before it developed it would have to shaped by it’s founders from the Western world. Two of the largest voices in America’s early development are John Smith, who with a group of English merchants, hoped to get rich in this new land, and William Bradford, a puritan farmer who was one of the most influential men involved with the Mayflower compact. In their two pieces they both convey America as a place to escape but

To many Europeans in the early 17th century the Americas seemed as a new land of opportunity. John Smith and William Bradford were two of the first men who left England seeking adventure and freedom in the New World. Both groups had difficulties while trying to form their colonies and Smith and Bradford were both elected to lead. While they were both great leaders they had very different lives before their journey from England. While starting their new colonies they also took different approaches to making the land habitable. One of the most notable differences between John Smith and William Bradford was their writing style. John Smith and William Bradford were very different people in

The Powhatan Confederacy were very skilled hunters and they would hunt for deer, elk, and bison (American Yawp, 2). They would also grow beans, squash, and sunflowers (Lecture). Since Jamestown had bad soil conditions, the English were not able to grow their crops which resulted in death and starvation. All of their supplies were gone and many of the them had to

There were a few people that had a great influence on the early settlements in the New World. Two such men were William Bradford and John Smith. Their similarities and differences are evident in the way these men impacted the two colonies. John Smith and William Bradford were both writers, Christians, and early leaders; however, William Bradford preformed his duties with much stronger morals, spirituality, and humility.

The Indians knew how to live off the land and were expert hunters and gatherers their main food they grew was corn and traded with the colonist by giving them corn and gathering up food for them. Back in England people who were wealthy had no clue how to survive on the plains and take care of a farm and plow fields and hunt for meat. Since they came from the city of England the Englishmen were people who did not know that kind of life. They were wealthy Englishmen; most of these men were lazy and didn’t know what manual labor was. In addition, there were Englishmen of trade who were carpenters, blacksmiths, shoemakers who settled down in Jamestown. It was known that one of the main reasons why the Englishmen settled in Jamestown in hope to find gold, rubies, pearls, and silver and to be able to sell it in England for a profit. Devastation struck instead, within a few months less than hundred died. These deaths were excruciating deaths, and the horror of deaths continued from 1607 to 1610. Some men would find themselves going out of their mind, while others had a blistering burning fever, and some men’s skin would just peel off like peeling off a boiled potato and sudden deaths rapidly appeared, some licked up the blood from their falling comrades as some swelled up so fast less than a hundred from five hundred survived. Many of the colonists were very weak and could not do hardly anything. Some figured the cause of the deaths was from

Colonists died in Jamestown for 3 main reasons; bad water, bad relations with native americans, and they lacked key settler skills. They had huge problems with the water supply. The water could kill people because it was to brackish which means it was to salty, so when people drank

There was also a lack of trade and many accidents occurred. Hume says “West was able to load his [small ship] with grain” and left. Fausz said “11 colonists died in a boating accident”. Since Francis West left with all the food that the colonists needed many went hungry.Document D “ West and thirty-six men sailed up the Chesapeake Bay to try to trade... with the Patawomeke Indians… this new supply of grain would help… Francis West... hoysed up [sails]”. So in conclusion many colonists died because of the attacks upon them and starvation. Document E says, “104 colonists disembark at Jamestown Island… only 8 die during well provisioned winter”. Those are some things that killed people in

My last 3 reasons on why so many people died in early jamestown were droughts, native attacks and the lack of resources.Many lives were lost because the water was dirty and a drought occurred.Document A stated, "the water levels rose and became brackish." It also stated that people left behind their filth and garbage in there, rather than flush it away. Salty and dirty water caused people to be sick because back then, people didn't really care about what they bathed in or drank out of. They didn't know what was the cause of anything because they didn't care until they've caught it. Document B shows a graph of the rainfall during the years of 1560 to 1650. From 1605 to 1615, the graphed showed a significant decrease in the rainfall. In the winter of 1609 to 1610, the colonists experienced a period called "Starving Time." Because of the decrease in the rainfall, plants and

* Many were gentlemen who felt it below their stations to clear fields or build stockades (barriers)

William Bradford and John Smith were both influential men colonizing the New World during the early 1600s. The two European men wrote of their experiences in America, and had a strong desire to settle the land. Most of the similarities to them end there. They had very different views on the land, people, and who they were as individuals. Looking into both of their writings can, and will reveal more of the United States’ founding writers.

Jamestown, the birthplace of America was the first permanent english settlement in North America. In April 1606, King James I established Jamestown and on May 13, 1607, colonists began to arrive at Jamestown. When establishing Jamestown as a colony, the Virginia Company was in search of economic opportunities. The citizens wanted to escape poverty and prosecution. They wanted to be able to believe in what they wanted. The first month in Jamestown was a struggle for all passengers. The moment the passengers came ashore, they immediately began on settlement. Serious problems soon emerged when about 15,000-25,000 Indians were already living in the Chesapeake Bay when the colony was founded. The Indians were part of the Powhatan Confederacy which was ruled by Powhatan, a powerful leader. At this time, the English settlers were looking for gold that no one was farming. In this situation, Captain John Smith became the colony’s leader and established a “no work, no food” policy. Smith had been instrumental in trading with the Powhatan Indians for food but their relationship was tense in all aspects. After he was injured by a burning gunpowder in 1608 and left for England, the “starving time” began. This was a period of warfare between the colonists and Indians and the depth of many English men