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The
Mayflower
was the ship that in 1620 transported 102
passengers
, including a group of people seeking religious freedom. Their original destination was the
Virginia Colony
but they were forced to land instead at the
Cape Cod
hook.
[1]
Their story is one of suffering and survival in a harsh
environment. The voyage is one of the most famous in early
American history
.
The
Mayflower
left
England
with the ship
Speedwell
on 15 August 1620. It carried Pilgrims from
England
and
Holland
. The
Speedwell
turned out to be unseaworthy. Both ships were twice forced to return to England. The
Mayflower
finally left
Plymouth
, England on 16 September 1620. On 19 November 1620, they spotted land. Their destination was the Virginia Colony but the ship was damaged so they were forced to land
Cape Cod
on 21 November. They wrote the
Mayflower Compact
, which made
rules
on how they would live and treat each other.
[2]
[3]
The Passengers lived on the ship for a few months. They went ashore to build shelters in the day, then returned to the ship at night. About half the people died in the winter of 1620-21. In March 1621, there were enough shelters for everyone to live on land.
- ↑
Eugene Aubrey Stratton.
Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691,
(Salt Lake City: Ancestry Publishing, 1986), p. 17
- ↑
Eugene Aubrey Stratton,
Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691,
(Salt Lake City: Ancestry Publishing, 1986), pp. 20, 411-413
- ↑
George Ernest Bowman,
The Mayflower Compact and its signers
, (Boston: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1920). Photocopies of the 1622, 1646 and 1669 versions of the document pp. 7?19.
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