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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.
Nov 26, 2020 · The pilgrims' story had already become a foundational myth of the United States by the 19th century when President Abraham Lincoln (served 1861-1865) decreed the 4th Thursday of November the national holiday of Thanksgiving, and since then, the above story is repeated with little change.
- Joshua J. Mark
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Nov 18, 2020 · The traditional account of the Mayflower journey begins on September 6, 1620, the day it sailed from Plymouth, but it’s worth noting that by that point the Pilgrims had already been living ...
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The Embarkation of the Pilgrims (1857) by American painter Robert Walter Weir at the Brooklyn Museum. The Pilgrims, also known as the Pilgrim Fathers, were the English settlers who traveled to America on the Mayflower and established the Plymouth Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts (John Smith had named this territory New Plymouth in 1620, sharing the name of the Pilgrims' final departure port ...
- Pilgrims Before the Mayflower. Mayflower Myths. In 1608, a congregation of disgruntled English Protestants from the village of Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, left England and moved to Leyden, a town in Holland.
- The Mayflower Journey. The Mayflower. First, the Separatists returned to London to get organized. A prominent merchant agreed to advance the money for their journey.
- The Mayflower Compact. After sixty-six days, or roughly two miserable months at sea, the ship finally reached the New World. There, the Mayflower’s passengers found an abandoned Indian village and not much else.
- The First Thanksgiving. First Thanksgiving Meal. The colonists spent the first winter living onboard the Mayflower. Only 53 passengers and half the crew survived.
Dec 17, 2020 · The Pilgrims thanked their God for the downfall of a “proud and insulting” enemy. The victors sold some of the captured Pequots into slavery. Religious and political freedom...
Jul 22, 2020 · Home. Stories of the Mayflower. Who were the Pilgrims? The day the historic journey to America began. It is one of the most well known dates in history - on 16 September 1620, a group of men, women and children departed Plymouth aboard the Mayflower for a new life in America.
