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Dec 2, 2009 · The Pilgrims were the people who arrived in Massachusetts via the Mayflower in 1620 and formed the first permanent settlement of Europeans in New England.
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Mar 4, 2010 · On September 16, 1620, the Mayflower sails from Plymouth, England, bound for the Americas with 102 passengers. The ship was headed for Virginia, where the colonists—half religious dissenters...
Oct 27, 2009 · William Bradford was an English Puritan separatist who sailed to North America aboard the Mayflower in 1620.
Oct 29, 2009 · The Mayflower Compact was a set of rules for self‑governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower.
- Not all of the Mayflower’s passengers were motivated by religion. The Mayflower actually carried three distinct groups of passengers within the walls of its curving hull.
- The Mayflower didn’t land in Plymouth first. The Mayflower first landed at the tip of Cape Cod, in what is now Provincetown. The settlers had originally hoped to make for the mouth of the Hudson River and find fertile farmland somewhere north of present-day New York City, but bad weather forced them to retreat.
- The Pilgrims didn’t name Plymouth, Massachusetts, for Plymouth, England. In fact, the Pilgrims didn’t name Plymouth, Massachusetts, at all. It had been dubbed that years earlier by previous explorers to the region, and was clearly marked as Plymouth (or Plimoth—spellings varied somewhat) on maps that the Mayflower’s captain surely had on hand.
- Some of the Mayflower’s passengers had been to America before. Several of the Mayflower’s crew had made the journey at least once before, on either fishing or exploration trips.
Nov 9, 2009 · New York was one of the 13 original colonies that battled for independence from England during the American Revolution. Nearly a third of all Revolutionary War battles were fought in New York.
Mar 7, 2018 · The Great Awakening came to an end sometime during the 1740s. In the 1790s, another religious revival, which became known as the Second Great Awakening, began in New England. This movement is...
