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Plymouth Colony Archive Project, The
Archives and analysis of Plymouth Colony, 1620-1691. Includes research papers, articles, lesson plans, biographies, and primary documents.
etext.lib.virginia.edu/users/deetz
Mayflower Compact (3)
Read about the Mayflower Compact, the first governing document of Plymouth Colony drafted by the Pilgrims who crossed the Atlantic aboard the ship Mayflower seeking religious freedom. Sites offer the text, history, and the image of the document which is considered to be the genesis of the Constitution of the United States.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Pilgrims/Mayflower_Compact
Scholastic.com: The First Thanksgiving
Features a picture timeline from 1620-1621, and discusses what life was like in Plimoth for the first Thanksgiving. From Scholastic Books.
www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving
Mayflower's Voyage, The
Information about the August to November, 1620, trip from Southampton, England, to Cape Cod. Includes William Bradford's account of the voyage.
members.aol.com/calebj/voyage.html
Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony: 1620, The
Study guide providing extensive information on the Pilgrims, their trip to America, and their first contacts with the Pokanoket people of the Wampanoag Nation.
www.rootsweb.com/~mosmd
Family Forest - eBooks
List the numerous descendents of the Mayflower passenger.
www.familyforest.com/Mayflower_Descendants.html
Pilgrims and Puritans: Background
Considers both groups. Includes the Mayflower Compact, Thanksgiving and the Indians, and Salem witchcraft.
xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/PURITAN/purhist.html
Brief History of the Pilgrims
Describes the Pilgrims' origin as English Separatists, their emigration first to Holland in 1608 and then to America in 1620, and the establishment of the Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies.
www.mayflowerfamilies.com/colonial_life/pilgrims.htm
Pilgrim Hall Museum
Owned and operated by The Pilgrim Society. Large collection of pilgrim possessions.
www.pilgrimhall.org
The Truth About the Pilgrims and Thanksgiving
Examines myths concerning the origin of the first Thanksgiving. Also includes a recipe for wheat pudding.
www.pilgrims.net/plymouth/thanksgiving.htm
Bradford, William (1590-1657)
Second governor of the Plymouth Colony and author of the History of Plimoth Plantation, the earliest account of the Pilgrims' settlement in America.
www.bartleby.com/65/br/Bradfd1590.html
Puritanism and Predestination
Offers a history of the religious reformers who emerged within the Church of England during the middle of the 16th century.
www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/tserve/eighteen/ekeyinfo/puritan.htm
Columbia Encyclopedia: Pilgrims
Provides historical overview of the group of separatists and other individuals who founded Plymouth Colony.
www.bartleby.com/65/pi/Pilgrims.html
Pilgrims (Separatist) Background
Details the demands of the Scrooby Separatists and outlines their reasons for leaving England.
www.workersforjesus.com/pilg.htm
Plimoth Plantation@
Discover Plimoth Plantation, the living museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts which reconstructs the original settlement of the Plymouth Colony established by the Pilgrims. Sites offer background information, collection of pilgrim possessions, reproductions, educational material, and reconstructions of the first permanent European settlement in southern New England.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Community/History