1. Pilgrims Found Plymouth Colony
Chapter 5: Section 2
Pilgrims Found Plymouth Colony

2. Religious Disagreement in England
King Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church
1534
Formed the Anglican church
Many people wanted to be Catholic again

3. Puritans and Separatists
Wanted to “purify” the Anglican church and get rid of Catholic influences in it
Separatists
Left the Anglican church and would not worship there
Attacked for their beliefs and shut out of communities

4. Pilgrims Moved away from England to Leyden, Netherlands
They could worship their religion freely here
Still feel out of place
Difficult to earn a living
Children influenced too much by the Dutch
Move to America and start their own religious community

5. Starting the Plymouth Colony
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Join other English separatists and got a charter from the London Company to settle
John Carver found the poor Pilgrims a cheap ship
Mayflower

6. Journey to America Leave from Plymouth, England September 1620
Mayflower carries 100 men, women, and children from Leyden and England
November 9 ,1620
Mayflower lands on Cape Cod off of Massachusetts

7. The Mayflower Compact
Pilgrims landed outside the charter area so they need some laws to govern the people
Agreement made before they went ashore
41 men signed the Mayflower Compact
Set up self government
Laws passed by the majority
John Carver was chosen as governor of the colony

8. Landing at Plymouth
Settled on cleared land that had once been a Native American village
“Starving Time” occurred that winter
Half of the colonist died
William Bradford
2nd governor of Plymouth
“Many died in January and February being infected with scurvy and other diseases.”

9. Native Americans and the Pilgrims
Samoset appears in March and speaks English
Massasoit
Chief of the Wampanoags
Squanto
Taught the Pilgrims how to hunt, plant corn, and catch fish
Acted as interpreter and kept the peace between colonists and Native Americans

10. Plymouth Survives First Thanksgiving
1621
Abundant harvest thanks to Native American help
Served corn bread, wild game birds, greens, venison, and shellfish
An official charter is granted in 1621
Colony grows slowly
300 settlers by 1630
3,000 settlers by 1660