USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -William Bradford, (born March 1590, Austerfield, Yorkshire, England-died May 9, 1657, Plymouth, Massachusetts [U.S.]), governor of the Plymouth colony for 30 years, who helped shape and stabilize the political institutions of the first permanent colony in New England.

Detailed explanation-2: -He may not have been first choice for the role of Governor of Plymouth Colony, but William Bradford became the man who would lead the Pilgrims during their formative years in America.

Detailed explanation-3: -William Bradford (l. 1590-1657 CE) was one of the leading members of the congregation of pilgrims who came to North America aboard the Mayflower, a signer of the Mayflower Compact, and the second governor of the Plymouth Colony after the death of the first, John Carver (l. 1584-1621 CE), in 1621 CE.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bradford begins writing “Of Plimoth Plantation, ” a detailed history of the founding of Plymouth Colony and the lives of the colonists from 1621 to 1647. Bradford writes his last notes in the volume in 1650.

Detailed explanation-5: -He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact and went on to serve as Governor of the Plymouth Colony intermittently for about 30 years between 1621 and 1657.