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Story of the Pilgrims
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Leaving the Church
A group called Seperatists settled in the Netherlands after illegally breaking from the Church of England to gain more religious freedom under the Dutch law. The stayed in this region for the next decade. -
Squanto and Pawtuxet tribe seized by John Smith's men
Soon after the Pilgrims built their settlemetn they came into contact with Squanto, an English-speaking Native American. -
Story of the Pilgrims
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Deciding to Settle
With more fear than ever of losing their English language and heritage the Seperatists decided to make plans to to settle the New World. -
Joining forces
Those who had decided to leave and settle the New World joined up with the London stock company. The Seperatists needed someone to finance their trip and this company afreed to provide a three-masted ship, named The Mayflower. -
Boarding the Boat
A group of 35 of a radical Puritan faction known as the English Separatist Church. -
The Mayflower Departing
Pilgrims Boarded the Mayflower. -
Reaching Land
After a voyage of 65 days the ship reached the shores of Cape Cod, anchoring on the side of Provincetown Harbor. -
Mayflower Compact
A group of 41 men including Myles Standish, a professional soldier, and William Bradford, who was a prominant Seperatists leader signed what is known as the Mayflower Compact. This was a document where they agreed to live in a "civil body politic." This document would become the foundation of the new colony's government. -
Mayflower Lands at Plymouth Harbor
After sending an exploring party ashore, the Mayflower landed at what they would call Plymouth Harbor, on the western side of Cape Cod Bay. -
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Harsh Winter
More than half of the English settlers died during this first winter as a result of poor nutrition and housing that proved inadequate in the harsh weather. -
The Fortune
This Ship came in right after the Mayflower left. -
Squanto introduced Pilgrims to a new way of life.
Squanto introduced Pilgrims to hunting and fishing and also how to plant corn which was an important crop. -
William Bradford Becomes Governor.
After the death of the settlement's first governor, John Carver, William Bradford was chosen to be governor. He would be reelected 30 times and served until 1656. -
The Thanksgiving Feast
Pilgrims shared a feast along side the Pokanokets. This meal is now considered the basis of the Thanksgiving holiday. -
The Anne and The Little James.
The Anne and The Little James came in 1623, 2 years after the Fortune came in. -
Establishing Boston as a capital.
In 1630, a group of some 1,000 Puritan refugees under Governor John Winthrop settled in Massachusetts according to a charter obtained from King Charles I by the Massachusetts Bay Company. Winthrop soon established Boston as the capital of Massachusetts Bay Colony, which would become the most populous and prosperous colony in the region. -
Tried to overrule New England.
Less than a decade after the war King James II appointed a colonial governor to rule over New England. Plymouth refused to abide by his rule and therefore they were absorbed into the larger entity of Massachusetts.
