Of Plymouth Plantation

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Of Plymouth Plantation is a 17th-century historical account by William Bradford that chronicles the experiences and development of the Plymouth Colony in New England.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf chronicle
historical account
nonfiction book
primary source document
alternateSpelling Of Plimoth Plantation
associatedWith Mayflower Compact
Thanksgiving origin narratives
author William Bradford
authorRole Governor of Plymouth Colony
countryOfOrigin England
Plymouth Colony
coversEvent Pequot War
early relations with Native Americans
first winter in Plymouth
founding of Plymouth Colony
signing of the Mayflower Compact
voyage of the Mayflower
dateWrittenEnd circa 1651
dateWrittenStart 1630
describes economic struggles of the colony
reasons for leaving England
relations with Wampanoag people
religious motivations of the Pilgrims
self-governance in Plymouth Colony
voyage hardships
genre Puritan literature
history
historicalEra Colonial America
language English
literaryStyle plain style
locationDescribed Cape Cod
Leiden, Netherlands
Plymouth, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
manuscriptTitle Of Plimoth Plantation
narrativePerspective first-person
originalFormat handwritten manuscript
religiousPerspective Puritan
Separatist
setting early 17th-century New England
significance important document of early American literature
key primary source on early New England history
major source on Pilgrim migration
structure two books
subject New England colonization
Pilgrims
Plymouth Colony
religious separatists
timePeriodCovered 1608–1647
writtenByOccupationOfAuthor colonial governor

Referenced by (8)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
William Bradford
William Bradford
notableWork
Of Plymouth Plantation ("Of Plimoth Plantation")
alternateSpelling
Myles Standish ("Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford")
describedBySource
First Thanksgiving (1621) ("William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation")
hasPrimarySource
Of Plymouth Plantation ("Of Plimoth Plantation")
manuscriptTitle
Massasoit
mentionedIn
Mourt’s Relation
relatedWork

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