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Compare And Contrast William Bradford And Captain John Smith

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Which Colony Would I Choose? It's a question that many people in the early time could have asked themselves. This essay briefly discusses the Captain John Smith and Bradford Colony and is explained and illustrated with the with their remarkable actions and ideas. Each had their own way of viewing life in their perspective and were in many ways different, however they both had very similar ideas. The idea here is to see which side is better than the other or are they both the same. Notably, in colonizing the New World, Captain John Smith and William Bradford were both significant figures. They both established colonies and through their writings, they hoped to attract more settlers that were similar to them. Smith was the first man to endorse

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