- 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
- Family Forest - eBooks
List the numerous descendents of the Mayflower passenger.
www.familyforest.com/Mayflower_Descendants.html
- 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
- 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
- Pilgrim Hall Museum
Owned and operated by The Pilgrim Society. Large collection of pilgrim possessions.
www.pilgrimhall.org
- Pilgrims (Separatist) Background
Details the demands of the Scrooby Separatists and outlines their reasons for leaving England.
www.workersforjesus.com/pilg.htm
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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