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Mayflower (ship)
The Mayflower set sail in 1620. Rated at at 180 tons and about 100 feet in length, she carried 102 English Pilgrims from Europe to New England in the 'New World'. The Mayflower's captain, Christopher Jones Captain/Governor, along with his 6 ship mates and passengers, faced many hardships before reaching America.
385 Questions
What were the reasons Spain France and the Netherlands made colonies in the Americas?
Colonies are generally quite profitable. Spain in particular, pillaged the wealth of central and south America. All the European colonial powers did quite well, on their investments.
Mayflower colonist Thomas Rogers was about 49 when he signed the Mayflower Compact, but died that winter (January 1621). He was born circa 1571.
How many children was on the Mayflower?
To tell ya the truth..... Nobody has ever know the answer to this question. Good thinking though. Sorry.:( No one knows.)
What food was on the Mayflower?
They hunted and planted so they ate mostly deer ,squirrel ,bear, and buffalo ,vegetables and fruit. On the boat though they ate salted meat and mush. Their food had maggots in it and for drinking they mostly relied on beer.
What did the pilgrim children eat?
Scholastic has a wonderful website that explains about Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims. Venison and duck were meats that were served along with corn, squash and beans. There was no turkey or potatoes served back then. The corn was ground into a sort of oatmeal like porridge. They would have had seafood and onions as well. They would have eaten outside because the houses were too small to have more than one family inside.
What are facts about the mayflower?
The Mayflower Compact was signed on November 11,1620.Of the 101 passengers on board the Mayflower 41 people signed it.
The Mayflower was manufactured in England. It was built in Harwich, England. If you go there to catch the Ferry to Amsterdam, they have billboards all about building the Mayflower in the Ferry station.
What is the Mayflower and where was it coming from?
Ever herd of the saying April showers bring May flowers?
The entire Mayflower trip took just over 3 months. It lasted from September 6, 1620 to November 11, 1620.
Where did the mayflower land on?
First it landed near the tip of Cape Cod, then stopped at some islands on the coast of Cape Cod, then landed at Plymouth Rock
How would you have liked to travel on a small ship with over 100 other people, all their belongings, and possibly some farm animals-for 66 days? That's what the English people we know today as the "Pilgrims" did in the year 1620, on a ship called Mayflower.
Mayflower set sail from England in July of 1620, but had to turn around twice because Speedwell, the ship it was traveling with, kept leaking. It finally got underway on September 6, leaving the leaky Speedwell behind.
The ocean was full of dangers. As a ship traveling alone, Mayflower could have easily been attacked and taken over by pirates. It could have been damaged by storms, or even sunk to the bottom of the sea. People could have fallen overboard and drowned. Some of the passengers could have gotten sick or died.
Well, a few of these things actually did happen! Mayflower wasn't taken over by pirates-the ship sailed on a northern path across the Atlantic to avoid them. However, she was damaged by a bad storm halfway to America. This storm caused one of the large wooden beams supporting the frame of the ship to crack. Fortunately, one of the passengers had a "great iron screw," which raised the beam back into place so that the ship could continue on. In another storm, a young passenger, John Howland, was swept right off the ship and into the ocean! He grabbed onto of one of the ship's ropes (or lines) and was pulled back onto the ship.
Although many people were seasick on the trip, only one person died. It was a sailor who had been very mean to the passengers, taunting them about their seasickness. The colonists thought that he died because God was punishing him for being cruel to them.
One person was born during the journey as well. Elizabeth Hopkins gave birth to her first son, named Oceanus, on Mayflower. Another child, Peregrine White, was born to Susanna White, after the ship arrived in New England. It must have been very difficult to give birth on a moving ship, with so many people around, after being seasick for so many days.
After over two-months at sea, the English colonists finally arrived at Cape Cod on November 11, 1620. A few weeks later, they sailed up the coast to Plymouth, and started to build their town where a group of Wampanoag people had lived before (a sickness had killed most of them). They lived on the ship for a few more months, rowing ashore to build houses during the day, and returning to the ship at night. Many people began to get very sick from the cold and the wet - it was December! About half the people on Mayflower died that first winter from what they described as a "general sickness" of colds, coughs and fevers.
Finally, in March of 1621, there were enough houses that everyone could live on land. After a long, hard voyage, and an even harder winter, Mayflower set sail back to England on April 5, 1621.
The Ship and the People
The ship that brought the English Colonists to New England in 1620 was not at all like the cruise ships that many people travel on today. Mayflower didn't have private cabins with windows and beds for each person. There were no TV's, air conditioners, fancy meals, shops, or swimming pools. Traveling on the ocean 400 years ago was a very different experience than it is today.
Most ships at that time were merchant ships. This means that they were made for carrying cargo, like barrels of food or clothing, or big pieces of wood, from one place to another to be sold. Before Mayflower sailed to New England, it had been sailing around Europe carrying wine and cloth. This cargo was probably stored in the lower decks of the ship, in one big open storage area. There were no windows on this deck because windows might let in seawater, and then all the cargo would get wet. A little water would leak in anyway, so this area was always cold, damp, and dark. The storage deck also had very low ceilings. They didn't need to make the decks very high because barrels and boxes weren't very tall . The ship was built this way to save space for the decks where the sailors lived and to make the ship safer. A ship that was too tall might tip over and sink in the water.
The crew (sailors and officers of the ship) lived on the upper decks. There were about 26 crewmembers on Mayflower on the journey from England. The Master, in charge of sailing the ship, was Christopher Jones (we would call him "captain" today.) He probably had his quarters, or living space, at the back of the ship, called the stern. This was the driest and most comfortable area on the ship.
The common sailors, or regular workers, had their quarters at the front of the ship, or bow, in a room called the forecastle. The forecastle, or fo'c'sle , wasn't a pleasant place to sleep or eat. It was constantly hit by waves, so it was always wet and cold. The sailors would have to get used to the swaying and pitching of the ship because it was at its strongest here (like being on a roller coaster all the time!) Also, most of the men would be going to the bathroom at the head, which was at the very tip of the bow. So it wasn't very clean.
There were also officers on Mayflower, who were responsible for sailing and navigating the ship. They probably lived in between the Master and the common sailors. Their quarters weren't as nice as the Master's cabin, but not as awful as the where the common sailors had to live.
So where did the passengers live on Mayflower? The ship carried 102 men, women and children in 1620 on its only trip to New England. That's right, they all had to live in the dark, damp, cold cargo decks down below the crew's quarters! The passengers were the cargo!
Did christopher Columbus sail on the Mayflower?
No. Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic Ocean on the Santa Maria, one of his three borrowed shipsin 1492. He was looking for a water route to Asia. The Pilgrims came in 1620 from an English village to establish a colony . Many pilgrims came not to find new land, like Columbus, but to have religious or regular freedom from their homeland.
Why were the people on the Mayflower on the Mayflower?
They where on the mayflower to sail to America but for religious reasons. They didn't agree with the church of England so they sailed to America to make there own church and believe in God.
Hope this helped
What was the speed of the Mayflower?
it took 130 days... 3120 hours ...so it was very slow... around 2 miles an hour....
The Journey
How would you have liked to travel on a small ship with over 100 other people, all their belongings, and possibly some farm animals-for 66 days? That's what the English people we know today as the "Pilgrims" did in the year 1620, on a ship called Mayflower.
Mayflower set sail from England in July of 1620, but had to turn around twice because Speedwell, the ship it was traveling with, kept leaking. It finally got underway on September 6, leaving the leaky Speedwell behind.
The ocean was full of dangers. As a ship traveling alone, Mayflower could have easily been attacked and taken over by pirates. It could have been damaged by storms, or even sunk to the bottom of the sea. People could have fallen overboard and drowned. Some of the passengers could have gotten sick or died.
Well, a few of these things actually did happen! Mayflower wasn't taken over by pirates-the ship sailed on a northern path across the Atlantic to avoid them. However, she was damaged by a bad storm halfway to America. This storm caused one of the large wooden beams supporting the frame of the ship to crack. Fortunately, one of the passengers had a "great iron screw," which raised the beam back into place so that the ship could continue on. In another storm, a young passenger, John Howland, was swept right off the ship and into the ocean! He grabbed onto of one of the ship's ropes (or lines) and was pulled back onto the ship.
Although many people were seasick on the trip, only one person died. It was a sailor who had been very mean to the passengers, taunting them about their seasickness. The colonists thought that he died because God was punishing him for being cruel to them.
One person was born during the journey as well. Elizabeth Hopkins gave birth to her first son, named Oceanus, on Mayflower. Another child, Peregrine White, was born to Susanna White, after the ship arrived in New England. It must have been very difficult to give birth on a moving ship, with so many people around, after being seasick for so many days.
After over two-months at sea, the English colonists finally arrived at Cape Cod on November 11, 1620. A few weeks later, they sailed up the coast to Plymouth, and started to build their town where a group of Wampanoag people had lived before (a sickness had killed most of them). They lived on the ship for a few more months, rowing ashore to build houses during the day, and returning to the ship at night. Many people began to get very sick from the cold and the wet - it was December! About half the people on Mayflower died that first winter from what they described as a "general sickness" of colds, coughs and fevers.
Finally, in March of 1621, there were enough houses that everyone could live on land. After a long, hard voyage, and an even harder winter, Mayflower set sail back to England on April 5, 1621.
The Ship and the People
The ship that brought the English Colonists to New England in 1620 was not at all like the cruise ships that many people travel on today. Mayflower didn't have private cabins with windows and beds for each person. There were no TV's, air conditioners, fancy meals, shops, or swimming pools. Traveling on the ocean 400 years ago was a very different experience than it is today.
Most ships at that time were merchant ships. This means that they were made for carrying cargo, like barrels of food or clothing, or big pieces of wood, from one place to another to be sold. Before Mayflower sailed to New England, it had been sailing around Europe carrying wine and cloth. This cargo was probably stored in the lower decks of the ship, in one big open storage area. There were no windows on this deck because windows might let in seawater, and then all the cargo would get wet. A little water would leak in anyway, so this area was always cold, damp, and dark.
The storage deck also had very low ceilings. They didn't need to make the decks very high because barrels and boxes weren't very tall . The ship was built this way to save space for the decks where the sailors lived and to make the ship safer. A ship that was too tall might tip over and sink in the water.
The crew (sailors and officers of the ship) lived on the upper decks. There were about 26 crewmembers on Mayflower on the journey from England. The Master, in charge of sailing the ship, was Christopher Jones (we would call him "captain" today.) He probably had his quarters, or living space, at the back of the ship, called the stern. This was the driest and most comfortable area on the ship.
The common sailors, or regular workers, had their quarters at the front of the ship, or bow, in a room called the forecastle. The forecastle, or fo'c'sle , wasn't a pleasant place to sleep or eat. It was constantly hit by waves, so it was always wet and cold. The sailors would have to get used to the swaying and pitching of the ship because it was at its strongest here (like being on a roller coaster all the time!) Also, most of the men would be going to the bathroom at the head, which was at the very tip of the bow. So it wasn't very clean.
There were also officers on Mayflower, who were responsible for sailing and navigating the ship. They probably lived in between the Master and the common sailors. Their quarters weren't as nice as the Master's cabin, but not as awful as the where the common sailors had to live.
So where did the passengers live on Mayflower? The ship carried 102 men, women and children in 1620 on its only trip to New England. That's right, they all had to live in the dark, damp, cold cargo decks down below the crew's quarters! The passengers were the cargo!
