WILLIAM BRADFORD

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• Bradford was born in Yorkshire, England to a prosperous farmer
• Bradford jound a group of Nonconformist in 1606

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• 1608 the group of nonconformist crossed the ocean into Holland to escape persucution
• This group stayed in Leiden for 12 years.
• Where it is believed Bradford gained his education due to them living near a university.

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• The nonconformist sailed to America in 1620
• They landed at Plymouth in 1621

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• William Bradford was one of the men to sign the Mayflower Compact which established government by consent
• Bradford married a widow from Leiden in 1623 and had three children with her

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• Bradford was elected the governor of the Plymouth Colony after the death of John Carver
• Bradford was re-elected no fewer than thirty times.

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• In 1630, Bradford began to write an annual account of the Plymouth settlement
• He hoped that it would inspire future generations to carry on the Pilgrims ideals

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• Bradford taught himself Greek and considered himself a religous writer
• He worked on the Plymouth Plantation from 1630 to 1646

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• Bradford wrote as a believer in God's providence, but took an objective tone in the book.
• At the end of the book Bradford recognizes the colony as a failure and quit writing in 1650
• He considered the book as a tragic history

THE BOOKS THAT BRADFORD WROTE

• Of Plymouth Plantation Volume 1 & 2
• Mayflower Papers
• First Conference Between Some Young Men Born In New England ...
• Third Confernece Between Some Young Men Born In New England...
• Poetry of William Bradford ( 1640 -1650 )

FACTS BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://mayflowerhistory.com/primary-sources-and-books/
• http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/William_Bradford.aspx
• Elements of literature fifth course , Holt publishing , Dr. Kylene beers, Dr. Lee Odell , 2007

PICTURE BIBLIOGRAPHY

• All photographs were supplied by Haiku Deck