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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.
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What ship builder built the mayflower?
John Vassall, a Hugenot who fled to England from France a few years before the massacre of Hugenots by Catholics on St. Bartholomew's Day in August 1572, was builder and owner of the Mayflower and other ships.
How long was the mayflower ship length and width?
Details of the ship's dimensions are unknown; but estimates based on its load weight and the typical size of 180-ton merchant ships of its day suggest an estimated length of 90-110 feet (27.4-33.5 m) and a width of about 25 feet (7.6 m).
When did the Mayflower sail to America?
In 1620, the Mayflower set sail to America, hosting Puritans who aimed to establish a new, separate colony from the others. This colony was later named the Plymouth Colony because they landed on a land-form which was named Plymouth Rock (the rock can now be seen in Plymouth, Massachusetts).
When did passengers on the ship mayflower sign a compact agreement to form a government?
I believe it was before they got off the ship so they had it once they hit land because Jamestown had established no rules and fell apart so they wrote the document so that they could refer to it in later conflict.
