Refer to the Of Their Voyage and How They passed the Sea, and of Their Safe Arrival at Cape Cod" section from Of Plymouth Plantation, According to Bradford, what was the result of the young seaman's disrespectful attitude toward passengers who were ill?
A. God punished the seaman for his cruelty by inflicting him with a sickness so serious that he did not recover.
B. The passengers complained to the ship's officers, who corrected the seaman for his rude behavior.
C. The seaman came to regret his actions when he caught the same disease the passengers suffered from.
D. God sent a fierce storm that washed the seaman overboard, just as he wished would happen to the passengers.

The result of the young seaman's disrespectful attitude was that A. God punished the seaman for his cruelty by inflicting him with a sickness so serious that he did not recover.

William Bradford was one of the travelers on the Mayflower that was sailing to the future Plymouth colony. In his journals, he wrote of a young man who sailed with them.

The young man was quite problematic because:

He was however struck with a sickness that according to William Bradford, came from God. The young man never made it to the colony and was instead thrown overboard.

In conclusion, because of the young man's disrespect, God punished him with an illness that killed him.

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