The Colonial Period

C​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​hoose one of the topics below for your Essay: The Colonial Period Assignment. Your essay should 750 words and include 2 secondary sources. 3. Compare and contrast John Smith, William Bradford, and John Winthrop as historians and as literary writers. Include direct quotes from the primary sources for analysis and support. Outline Essay 1: Colonial Period Thesis and Outline- APA Compare and contrast John smith, William Bradford, and John Winthrop as historians and as literary writers. Thesis Statement: John Smith, William Bradford, and John Winthrop were great historians and literary writers during the colonial period. I. Early 17th century, John Smith, William Bradford, and John Winthrop searched for new opportunities in the New world. Like the many other Europeans, all threes of them went through trials before leaving England and after they landed in the New World. The techniques they used were all different from each others but, they all endured similar problems exploring the new land. Smith and Bradford both wrote their journeys down in journals. II. John smith was the leader of the first successful British colony in Jamestown, Virginia. a. While leading the early colony, John Smith wrote in a​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​ journal about the trails that were encountered on the journey. b. Smith did not want to admit that he was wrong about his first impression of the native people. III. William Bradford was the first to be elected leader of Plymouth colony. a. While on his travels to establish a colony he kept a journal. b. The journals that William Bradford kept were credible and John Smiths were not. IV. John Winthrop was a Puritan came to New England as part of the Massachusetts Bay Company. a. John Winthrop believed that communities should stay together instead of individualism. b. The colony that Winthrop led was bigger and did not have as many obstacles as the others did. V. John Smith, William Bradford, and John Winthrop went through similar obstacles, but dealt with those obstacles in different ways. Smith and Bradford both kept journals. All of them were searching for new opportunities presented in the New World, and each of them were able it history. References: Captain John Smith and the campaign for new … - JSTOR. (n.d.). Retrieved January 24, 2022, from https://www.jstor.org/stable/20474605 Belasco, S. (2020). The Bedford Anthology of American Literature (2nd ed., Vol. 1). Liberty University​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​.