Pilgrim's Voyage To The New World

But, in order to get here, they had to go through the voyage. It was full of dreadful conditions, from eating “old and sharply-salted food and meat” to disease and death at a high rate. He explains that some women had to die because they, “could not give birth under the circumstances, was pushed through a loophole (porthole) in the ship and dropped into the sea.” This was horrible but that’s not it, children had to see their parents die or vice versa. These conditions explain that coming to the American colonies was not that simple but rather difficult due to the horrifying conditions one had to face during the voyage and then when they had

Adventure, promises of wealth, and an opportunity to a new life were some of the many reasons which attracted settlers to the Americas. However, what the new settlers did not know were the many challenges and tragedies this new life entailed. Despite all, the colonists of Jamestown would encounter the difficulties of starting a new colony in a foreign new land. The life these settlers found was nothing like they expected. Their hopes for wealth and a new beginning were soon replaced with death and misery. The colonies of the Americas can be seen as a failure because European settlers would come to experience the horrors that the “New World” would give them including famine and diseases.

In the opening pages of A Voyage Long and Strange: On the Trail of Vikings, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America, the author, Tony Horwitz, conveys:

1. What fundamental factors drew the Europeans to the exploration, conquest, and colonization of the New World? What was the impact on the Indians, Europeans, and Africans when each of their previously separate worlds “collided” with one another? What caused the shift from indentured servant to African slaves as the dominant labor force in the southern colonies?

Plymouth did not face nearly as much hardship as the colonists in Jamestown faced because their journey to the new world took the expected three-month period. However, this did not guarantee the colonists success. Early into the winter several of the colonists became sick or faced starvation dude to the poor rationing of food in the colony. The local Native Americans helped the colonists and created the first Thanksgiving. William Bradford viewed the Native Americans as humane and intelligent beings and attempted numerous times to build the relationship between the colonists and Native

Led by William Bradford,missed their stop by many miles they entendres to get to Jamestown and ended up arriving on Plymouth plantation. “Being thus arrived in good harbor and brought sape to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed that God of heaven, who had brought them over the rust and furious ocean, and delivered them from on the perils and miseries there of.”(Bradford pg 74-77). When they finally arrived they could not have been any happier after being on the mayflower for so long and being frightened for their life as described by William Bradford “After they had enjoyed fair winds and weather for a season, they were encountered many times with cross winds and met with many fierce storms with which the ship was shroudly shaken, and her upper works leaky; and one of the main beams in the mid-ships was bowed and cracked, which put them in some fear that the ship could not be able to perform the voyage.”(Bradford pg.78). The people aboard the Mayflower came for a very different reason compared to Jamestown colonists led by Smith they came to get rich the people of Plymouth came for religion. They believed in being kind and loving to one another and helped each other out. Another big difference is they brought families aboard the ship and the colonist of Jamestown on brought mostly men.

Even though they had some similarly during their journey in America, they also faced a lot of hardships during the process. They both wrote about the difficulties they faced during the travel to America and what they had to encounter once they settled into the new world. Before William Bradford reached America in 1620, he and his setters had a hard time in the Atlantic Ocean. It was unknown if William’s first wife either committed suicide or was pushed off of the Mayflower. The trip to America was

The Federal holiday of ‘Christopher Columbus Day’ is celebrated on the second Monday of October because of Columbus’s ‘discoveries’ of the Americas in the New World. What most people do not know is that Christopher Columbus’s intentions were only for the betterment of himself. Columbus was a devout Catholic and could have been looking to spread the word of God to the ‘Indies’, his main goal was to find a water route from Europe to the West Indies. How did Christopher Columbus’s motives impact the way he and other conquistadors viewed and treated the Indians? Columbus 's desire for kind of wealth, especially gold in the New World strongly impacted the way he looked upon them. He saw that the Indians practiced no religion that he had seen

William Bradford created a detailed picture in our minds of the hardships the Pilgrims endured, especially during their adventures on the Mayflower and Speedwell to find new land in hopes of escaping England’s control. Between furious seas, disease stricken passengers, and a cracked beam on the Mayflower, the hope Pilgrims’ once had, was almost lost. Only the writings of William Bradford could allow us to see what grueling torment our ancestors had to overcome. Some of the many hardships that the sailors and passengers endured included furious storms, terrible seasickness, abuse from the sailors and crew, dehydration and overall misery. The lack of drinking water in combination with seasickness and no sanitation quickly grasped the bodies on board.

Throughout the novel, Philbrick depicts the Pilgrims as courageous people willing to sacrifice everything and anything while coming and surviving in the New World, including the generosity and friendship of the Native Americans. Philbrick describes the Pilgrims voyage across the Atlantic Ocean as always being met with drawbacks

As the pilgrims spent their first winter in America, they suffered a great deal of illness from the freezing conditions. The historical significance of this harsh weather comes from the attitude the Separatists had, persevering when times were hard. This positive attitude left a great mark on this nation, creating a sense of hope for years to come. They kept faith, believing that God was on their side and they were later

“The New Colossus” describes the Pilgrim’s arduous journey to and in America by inviting the homeless, the tired, and the poor to seek shelter in America. In “The New Colossus”, it says, “Send these, the homeless…” The Pilgrims are defined as homeless because they had fled Holland, which was there temporary home and sanctuary before they were pulled towards the promise of a religious haven. America provided them with shelter, a religious sanctuary, and new relationships that came with knowledge of farming and hunting. Although, before reaching the promise land, they endured months of treacherous conditions and death. William Bradford describes in his memoir Of Plymouth Plantation that, “ther dyed some times 2 or 3 of a day.” The amount death

The journey from the English Channel across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World was rigorous for the one hundred and two religious refugees aboard the Mayflower. Along with the one hundred and two, passengers there were crewmen, chickens, pigs and goats. With limited space in the ship, it was crowed and cramped. Seasickness soon began too many of the passengers onboard, causing the heavily loaded ship to stench. The conditions onboard the Mayflower only worsened as the high compulsion of salt began to cause dehydration and hypertonia. The supply of fresh water was impossible to maintain, so the passengers would each drink a gallon of beer per day, including the children. The journey across the Atlantic was not effortlessly done, the rough sea

This quote appears to state that, at times, the curiosity that man naturally conceals can cause more harm than it intends to do. This applies to the condition of human nature because over history, man’s curiosity in exploration endeavors has caused the genocide of multiple ethnic groups, slavery, poverty, homicides, and the degeneration of human diversity. despite curiosity being connotated with great theories and grand excellences, the curiosity of mankind has caused multiple disasters, which may be the reason behind our usage of the idiom of “curiosity killed the cat.”

According to Cambridge Dictionary, the term pilgrim is defined as, “a person who makes a journey that is often long and difficult.” This definition means that a pilgrim is someone that is on a mission to reach something or get somewhere to better themselves whether it be physically, emotionally, or spiritually. When I think about a pilgrim, it means someone who is devoted and committed to whatever they are trying to reach. They are focused on their goals despite all the trials that they might have to face throughout their journey. For example, a student that wants to become a doctor will be extremely devoted to their studies despite the difficulty and stress of reaching that point. Overall, a pilgrim is an individual that is unwavering and loyal to the path they are trying to take to get to where they want to be. I, personally, am on a mental, physical, and environmentally changing pilgrimage.