Why Did The Mayflower Compact
The Voyage to the New World
Table of Contents
The introduction…………….….………………..……….2
The Mayflower Compact………...………....……3
The Voyage on the Mayflower..….…….….4
The Plymouth Colony…..……...…………..………5 The Conclusion…………………..……………………..……6
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Introduction
The pilgrims started out in England. Due to the religions in England, the pilgrims moved to the Netherlands to follow their own religions. ‘‘In September 1620, a merchant ship called the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, a port on the southern coast of England’’ -History.com. On this ship was the pilgrim group, ready to start again in a new land. It must have been very frightening to start over …show more content…
“Technically, the Mayflower colonists had no right to be there at all. In order to establish themselves as a legitimate colony (“Plymouth,” named after the English port from which they had departed) under these dubious circumstances, 41 of the Saints and Strangers drafted and signed a document they called the Mayflower Compact’’-hISTORY.COM. This new adventure turned out to be very scary and deadly. The most fit and brave survived in the new world. These brave few survived a rough journey, began a government system in a new land, and started a colony where there was only a foreign people and an unwelcoming …show more content…
50 out of 102 pilgrims died. The Wampanoag tribe already lived there.
What if the colonists did not arrive in Massachusetts? They shared knowledge of the local crops and helped the pilgrims survive. John Smith made up a rule “if you don’t work you don’t eat”.
It wasn't easy for the new travelers. At first they didn’t know how to cook, plant crops, or hunt. Luckily, the Natives were there to help them. The Native Americans didn’t get rewarded well. In some parts they enslaved the Natives and make them plant the crops. Slaves made tobacco, indigo, and more. The pilgrims would eat fish and berries. The Native Americans would call the Europeans the “white men”. The so called white men would put in traps to kill the animals and they also used guns. The Natives thought of the white men cruel and vicious. Can you survive a winter alone? We will soon be coming in for a landing. “The moment any of them gave up on the difficult work of living with their neighbors--and all of compromises,frustration, and delay that inevitably entail--they risked losing everything” -Nathaniel
Table of Contents
The introduction…………….….………………..……….2
The Mayflower Compact………...………....……3
The Voyage on the Mayflower..….…….….4
The Plymouth Colony…..……...…………..………5 The Conclusion…………………..……………………..……6
1
Introduction
The pilgrims started out in England. Due to the religions in England, the pilgrims moved to the Netherlands to follow their own religions. ‘‘In September 1620, a merchant ship called the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, a port on the southern coast of England’’ -History.com. On this ship was the pilgrim group, ready to start again in a new land. It must have been very frightening to start over …show more content…
“Technically, the Mayflower colonists had no right to be there at all. In order to establish themselves as a legitimate colony (“Plymouth,” named after the English port from which they had departed) under these dubious circumstances, 41 of the Saints and Strangers drafted and signed a document they called the Mayflower Compact’’-hISTORY.COM. This new adventure turned out to be very scary and deadly. The most fit and brave survived in the new world. These brave few survived a rough journey, began a government system in a new land, and started a colony where there was only a foreign people and an unwelcoming …show more content…
50 out of 102 pilgrims died. The Wampanoag tribe already lived there.
What if the colonists did not arrive in Massachusetts? They shared knowledge of the local crops and helped the pilgrims survive. John Smith made up a rule “if you don’t work you don’t eat”.
It wasn't easy for the new travelers. At first they didn’t know how to cook, plant crops, or hunt. Luckily, the Natives were there to help them. The Native Americans didn’t get rewarded well. In some parts they enslaved the Natives and make them plant the crops. Slaves made tobacco, indigo, and more. The pilgrims would eat fish and berries. The Native Americans would call the Europeans the “white men”. The so called white men would put in traps to kill the animals and they also used guns. The Natives thought of the white men cruel and vicious. Can you survive a winter alone? We will soon be coming in for a landing. “The moment any of them gave up on the difficult work of living with their neighbors--and all of compromises,frustration, and delay that inevitably entail--they risked losing everything” -Nathaniel