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Jamestown, Virginia. Plymouth, Massachusetts. New Amsterdam, New York
The Pilgrims were headed to Virginia, but storms and obstacles made them go to Massachusetts.
Yes. The ship (The Mayflower) was actually destined for an area near Jamestown, Virginia. However, because of being caught in storms that blew it off course, it landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Massachusetts was where one boatload landed, near what is now known as Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock
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Roanoke was located in what is now North Carolina, Plymouth was located in what is now Massachusetts, and Jamestown was located in what is now Virginia.
Jamestown, Virginia. Plymouth, Massachusetts. New Amsterdam, New York
Plymouth was the first settlement in Massachusetts.
Jamestown is in Virginia, Plymouth is in Mass.
No, Squanto saved Plymouth Colony. Jamestown was in Virginia. Plymouth was in Massachusetts.
Virginia was the home of the very first settlement in 1607 with Jamestown and then in 1620 came the Pilgrims to Massachusetts and Plymouth colony.
Jamestown was the first settlement in what became Virginia (named in honor of the Virgin Queen, Elizabeth) and Plymouth was the first settlement in what would become the Massachusetts Bay colony.
The Virginia Company was a joint stock company chartered by King James I of England. The Virginia Company of London successfully established the territory of Jamestown, while the Virginia Company of Plymouth was to establish a colony further north. The Plymouth Company failed when their colony of Popham, in modern-day Maine, failed in 1608. Plymouth, Massachusetts was established by the religious separatists known as the Pilgrims after securing a land grant from Sir Edwin Sandys, a major stockholder in the failing Plymouth Company. So technically, the Virginia Company sponsored both the Jamestown and Plymouth colonies, but the latter was a bit more unofficial.
The first permanent American wheat cultures were developed at the Jamestown colony in Virginia and at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in the early 1600s.
The Pilgrims were headed to Virginia, but storms and obstacles made them go to Massachusetts.
Yes. The ship (The Mayflower) was actually destined for an area near Jamestown, Virginia. However, because of being caught in storms that blew it off course, it landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts.