In the story of Of Plymouth Plantation, Bradford led the pilgrims across the ocean to Plymouth Rock to settle in 1620. Though they faced many hardships and were forced to climb and overcome many obstacles, they stayed strong and kept with God. In Of Plymouth Plantation, Bradford tells the story of him and the pilgrims.
Bradford was a very successful man who had many achievements in his life; Prentice Hall notes, “After the death of the colony’s first leader, the Pilgrims elected Bradford governor. He was reelected thirty times.” (57). He obviously made a tremendously great leader in his time, and because of it, the people trusted him and decided to re-elect him again and again. Along with that, “Bradford was largely responsible for leading the infant colony through many hardships to success.” Prentice Hall reports (57).
To better their lifestyles, and practice their religion, the Mayflower left to the Jamestown settlement in Virginia. During the trip that Bradford and his crew took, they faced many obstacles that came with the storms that the ocean held. Bradford illustrates, “...the ship was shroudly shaken, and her upper works made very leaky; and one of the main beams in the mid ships was bowed and cracked, which put
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In Of Plymouth Plantation, Bradford states, “...half of their company died…” (61). For many reasons these horrible tragedies had happened, including sickness and diseases. “... [The pilgrims] being infected with the scurvy and other diseases, which this long voyage and their accomodate condition had brought upon them…” (61). Bradford says. The sickness had affected so many people that there were very few left well. These people were the ones that did all the work. The book examples, “...there was but six or seven sound persons, … but with the abundance of toil and hazard of their own health, fetched them wood, made them fires, …”