These settlers, who came in the early 1600s, were known as the Pilgrim Fathers. They were a religious group from England. They wanted to lead a quiet and simple religious life, but had experienced strife in England, which at that time, was going through a very serious and volatile period, religiously and politically.
To preserve their religion and religious ways, initially they went to Holland. However, fear of losing their 'English' cultural identity, the group arranged, with the help of English investors, to go to America, to establish a colony there.
They came to colonize Plymouth because they wanted religious freedom. The King refused to give them what they wanted. They traveled to Holland. But then the children started speaking Dutch. They were afraid the children were losing their roots. So they went to America and made a colony called Plymouth. :D Your welcome!
Pilgrims were separatists who wanted to separate themselves from the Church of England. They also wanted to separate themselves from those who were not believers, the damned. Pilgrims believed they were elected by God for salvation and they wanted to worship only with other “saints” who had also been saved by God. They sought to establish a colony in America to achieve these aims.
The Pilgrims decided to leave England because of religious conflicts. They later settled in the Netherlands. Mothers had said their children were growing too much Dutch. So they left the Netherlands for Jamestown, Virginia, because other English colonists were making a living there. While on the voyage, a terrible storm hit their path and caused them to end up in Plymouth.
it was the name of the port they sailed from
The Plymouth Colony was located on the Atlantic coast just north of Cape Cod, in what is now called Plymouth, Massachusetts. It was later combined with the Massachusetts Bay Colony, centered near Boston, Massachusetts, to form the Colony of Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth Plantation.
made money for the king of England to send settlers to the colonies of North America
The Separatists firstly settled in Plymouth :)
They were most interested in building colonies in North America.
They crashed at Plymouth rock...a point on Cape Cod.
Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, 1620.
for religious freedom
Plymouth Rock is located in Plymouth Harbor at Plymouth, Massachusetts. The rock is specifically found on the shore of Plymouth Harbor in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The actual rock is not the original which was a 15 foot long boulder. The replica is much smaller and is now located behind a waterfront promenade for visitors to see.
The Puritans left the country of England to found three colonies in the New England of North America: Plymouth in 1620 and Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630, both located in Massachusetts, and the Connecticut Colony in 1636.
Plymouth Massachusetts
The Plymouth Colony was located on the Atlantic coast just north of Cape Cod, in what is now called Plymouth, Massachusetts. It was later combined with the Massachusetts Bay Colony, centered near Boston, Massachusetts, to form the Colony of Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth Plantation.
They set out for America to have free religion but ended up in Plymouth masachetts
Plymouth in America what is now Massachusetts...I think
Plymouth
Plymouth Massachusetts
1620.... now i wanna know why it was settled...
The Puritans settled in two main colonies in America: Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Plymouth Colony. These colonies were established in the early 17th century by Puritan separatists seeking religious freedom and a new way of life.