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The Plymouth Colony (1620)

The Plymouth Colony (1620). BY: J.A.SACCO. The Pilgrims of Plymouth. 101 aboard the Mayflower set sail in 1620 for America Most were Separatists, looking for religious freedom Led by Captain Miles Standish Land in Plymouth Bay. Miles Standish. “Mayflower Compact”.

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The Plymouth Colony (1620)

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  1. The Plymouth Colony (1620) BY: J.A.SACCO

  2. The Pilgrims of Plymouth • 101 aboard the Mayflower set sail in 1620 for America • Most were Separatists, looking for religious freedom • Led by Captain Miles Standish • Land in Plymouth Bay Miles Standish

  3. “Mayflower Compact” • 41 signed the “Mayflower Compact” “do by these presents, solemnly and mutually in the Presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid; And by Virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the General good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience”.

  4. Plymouth in Trouble! • William Bradford early leader • Winter 1620-21, only 44 survived after plagued swept through colony • Yet no one returned in the spring William Bradford

  5. Thanksgiving- Autumn 1621 • Wampanoag Indians- Squanto honored for his teaching the pilgrims to survive

  6. Plymouth 1691 • Reached 7,000 by 1691 • Would merge with Massachusetts Bay colony

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