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Pilgrims - Coggle Diagram
Pilgrims
Settlers
Great Britain
searching for religious freedom
"separatists"
They wanted to separate from the Church of England
They sail to America in hopes of a new life
They wanted to practice their religion
without being persecuted
passengers="strangers"
merchants, skilled workers and children
1621
First harvest
big feast
Thanksgiving
2 ships sail to America
Maryflower
1620 - sail to America
102 passengers
30 crewmen
Speedwell
leak - go back to England
Passengers into Mayflower
It took 2 months
Problems
Supplies running low, not enough fresh water, sickness, and storms
2 people died
Original destination: Virgina
New location: Cape Cod, Massachussetts
New settlement: New Plimouth
town: Plymouth
They wanted to sign a document
Maryflower Compact
establish legal order
Containing: loyalty to King James I, Christianity, how they would help to build the colony and laws fair to all
First winter was not easy
cold - not shelther ready
People had to sleep in the ship
Many lost their lives from sickness
Only 47 remained
The governor John Carver also died
William Bradford was the new governor
Local Americans=Wampanoag
Squanto knew English
teach them how to plant corn, hunt, and fish