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no it was the people on the ship Mayflower that were headed to found Plymouth. They were Separatists, Pilgrims, indentured Servants. 41 men signed the Mayflowe Compact aboard the ship.
English Pilgrims who arrived on the Mayflower. William Bradford was the true founder.
The English
Roanoke: 1585 but it failed
THE MAYFLOWER complact
Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America founded by the English on May 14th, 1607.
1607 in jamestown
The London Company; a group of English Businessmen-- A group of London investors known as the Virginia Company.--
The passengers on the Mayflower stayed on the ship for about two months during their journey from England to Plymouth, Massachusetts. They arrived in November 1620 and remained onboard until they found a suitable place to establish a settlement.
Jamestown and the James River were founded in April 1607 by English Settlers.
It is commonly thought that Plymouth, MA is named after the English coastal town of Plymouth, from which the Pilgrim Fathers set out in the Mayflower; however, this is incorrect.In 1614 Captain John Smith, an explorer, mapped the areas of Maine and Massachusetts, which he called "New England." During this expedition he but also encountered, documented and recorded the locations of a number of local Indian tribes.Upon returning to England, Captain Smith asked Charles I of England to provide names to the settlements he found. As a result, Charles I renamed the area of the Accomack tribe to Plymouth... long before the Mayflower and the Pilgrims ever landed.