"Rugged Individual"and"Community Builder"

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"Rugged Individual" and "Community Builder

The development of the American character developed over a long time. Since the ancient time, Native American lived in North America; later, the British colonized America. This colonial period played an important part of the development of the American character, creating the two halves-"rugged individual" and "community builder." John Smith led Jamestown to establish the "rugged individual", which believes the special strength of individual; the New England's Massachusetts Colony leaders William Bradford and John Winthrop helped to create the "community builder", which inspires Americans to share wealth and values in order to survive and thrive.

The Jamestown settlement was colonized by English colonists. John Smith rose to leadership position in Jamestown when the colonists needed. An experienced soldier and sailor, he possessed courage, ambition and confidence. In New England's Massachusetts, William Bradford and John Winthrop led the colony to prosper. William Bradford helped to write the Mayflower Compact, a social contract on which the first American settlement based. Since then, the colonists combined together in a "civil body politic" to frame just and equal laws for the general good of the colony. William Bradford went on to be the governor of