Puritans.
Plymouth Colony was settled by a group of Puritans that had broken away from the Church of England. They were known as the Pilgrims.
English pilgrims seeking religious freedom settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They arrived on the Mayflower and established the Plymouth Colony, which is now known as Plymouth Plantation.
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The religious group that settled in the New England region of the Americas in the 17th century was known as "the Puritans. " Dissenting strongly from the established Church of England in their home-country, these Puritans sought a place wherein they could live and worship exactly as their faith directed them.
The Mayflower Compact was the governing document the Pilgrims used to establish the Plymouth Colony which was in Massachusetts. Jamestown was in Virginia and was not settled by the "Pilgrims." It was settled by a group of entrpreneurs known as the Virginia Company to make money, not a group in search of religious freedom like the Pilgrims/Puritans.
Plymouth Rock is the name of the location where the pilgrims first settled in America and is also the name of a chicken species. So the answer is Plymouth Rock chickens or "Barred Rocks," as they are also known as are indeed alive.
The religious group known as the Pilgrims sought religious freedom from the Church of England.They had sought and secured a charter from King James to have a colony in the New World possessions of Great Britain. They crossed the Atlantic Ocean, but due to storms, mis-navigated their direction. Their ship was the Mayflower, and instead of landing far to the south, they ended up on the coast near what is now the city of Boston, in 1620. They called their settlement Plymouth.
Plymouth Rock is the name of the location where the pilgrims first settled in America and is also the name of a chicken species. So the answer is Plymouth Rock chickens or "Barred Rocks," as they are also known as are indeed alive.
pilgrims.. about 65 English women and men set sail for America on a ship called the mayflower in sept. 1620. blown far north by storms, they finally spoted the cost of new England.
The colony of Plymouth was named after the port city of Plymouth in Devon, England. The Pilgrims, who established the colony in 1620, came from this region and named the new settlement after their place of departure in England.
Plymouth Rock
The majority of the early people who settled in the Plymouth colony in Massachusetts were religious people. They did not agree with the doctrines of the Church of England and were able to be granted permission to establish a settlement in America. These people were known as pilgrims and puritans.