Of the 102 passengers on the Mayflower, about 50 died by the summer of 1621. Many of them died during January and February, while the ship lay at anchor in Plymouth harbor, as they had not constructed sufficient houses on shore before winter set in.
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The Pilgrims started their voyage to the Plymouth Colony from Europe. The were living in the Holland region of the Netherlands.
The Pilgrims were the people who made the famous 1620 voyage aboard the Mayflower and founded the Plymouth Colony. The natural resources they found in New England were fish, lumber and wild game.
The Mayflower was the name of the ship that the Pilgrims sailed on. The Ship, before the Pilgrims' Voyage, was used predominantly as a cargo ship.
William Bradford wrote an account of their voyage across the sea on the Mayflower. The account is called "Of Plymouth Plantation" and it provides a detailed narrative of the Pilgrims' journey and their early years in America.
The Mayflower brought 102 people to America in a 66-day voyage. The pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Mass., on Dec. 26, 1620.
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The Pilgrims started their voyage to the Plymouth Colony from Europe. The were living in the Holland region of the Netherlands.
All the male Seperatists a.ka. the Pilgrims that survived the voyage over to America on the Mayflower. What it was basically a pact for when they finally landed they would cooperate with each other to form a working government.
The Pilgrims were the people who made the famous 1620 voyage aboard the Mayflower and founded the Plymouth Colony. The natural resources they found in New England were fish, lumber and wild game.
The Mayflower was the name of the ship that the Pilgrims sailed on. The Ship, before the Pilgrims' Voyage, was used predominantly as a cargo ship.
Freedom of religion
The 'Pilgrim Fathers' subscribed to a covenant for self-government - the Mayflower Compact - on their voyage to America in 1620 (on the board of the Mayflower - the ship).
William Bradford wrote an account of their voyage across the sea on the Mayflower. The account is called "Of Plymouth Plantation" and it provides a detailed narrative of the Pilgrims' journey and their early years in America.
The Speedwell was one of the two ships the Pilgrims sailed to America seeking religious freedom. However, the Mayflower was the only ship that successfully made the trip. On the first voyage, the Speedwell had to turn back to England because it was too leaky. Besides the fact that 20 people had to remain in England, the failure of the Speedwell did not have much effect on the Pilgrims' expedition because eventually they sailed to America successfully in the Mayflower.
the pilgrims came here from England to escape religious persecution in 1620
The Mayflower and the Speedwell were the ships the first Pilgrims sailed on. Both set sail for the New World on August 15, 1620, but were forced back twice due to dangerous leaks on the Speedwell. The Speedwell's passengers regrouped on the Mayflower, and on September 16th, the voyage began, a month behind schedule. The Mayflower landed near what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620.