1. The English Colonies The Pilgrims’ Experience

2. Early in the 1500s much of Europe was divided over religion. The king of England, Henry VIII, broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and set up another Christian church called the Church of England. The members of the church of England were called Protestants because they had protested against practices of the Catholic church. Protestants beliefs and practices were different from those of other Christian religions

3. Background King Henry VIII Catherine of AragonAnne Boleyn Jane SeymourAnne of Cleves Catherine HowardCatherine Parr

4. Puritans & Pilgrims Puritans—Protestant group that wanted to reform the Church of England

5. Puritans & Pilgrims Separatists—Protestant group that cut all ties with the Church of England & developed their own churches Pilgrims: a group of Separatists

6. Puritans & Pilgrims 1608: Pilgrims escape to the Netherlands to freely practice religion

7. Some felt they still were too Catholic, so they set up their own churches. Moved to the Netherlands in early 1600’s for peace. Life was difficult in a foreign land. William Bradford is a leader of a separatist group who decided to go to a settlement of their own.

8. Puritans & Pilgrims Immigrants—people who leave their original country to live in another country Pilgrims unhappy in Netherlands Formed a joint stock company & returned to England http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ScZh2-QLOE

9. The Founding of Plymouth September 16, 1620: more than 100 men, women, children leave England aboard Mayflower William Bradford: Pilgrim leader William Bradford statue

10. William Bradford Born in 1590, William Bradford was one of the founders of Plymouth colony in 1620 and a signer of the Mayflower Compact. He served as the colony's governor for more than thirty years, and wrote "Of Plymouth Plantation," one of the first histories of European settlement in the New World, before his death in 1657.

11. Pilgrims Traveler for religious purposes Went to Virginia Company for permission to start a new settlement in Virginia Began preparing for a difficult journey Mayflower ship

12. The Mayflower 1620: King James I allowed Pilgrims to settle in Virginia. Merchants from London agreed to pay for voyage in exchange for lumber and furs. Sept. 1620, about 100 Pilgrims crowded into the small ship for a rough and difficult voyage.

13. The Mayflower Hold below the deck held barrels of salted beef and bread Also pigs, chickens and goats 66 day voyage One passenger died, one gave birth

14. The Mayflower Blown off course, instead of landing in Virginia, they landed at Cape Cod This area named New England (rocky harbor called Plymouth)

18. The Wampanoag Like Jamestown settlers, there were already people here Helped the Pilgrims Samoset: learned English from traders, useful information for colonists Squanto: captured by English, found home with Wampanoag and helped the Pilgrims Colonists would not have survived the hard years without them

19. The Founding of Plymouth Mayflower Compact written because colonists landed too far away from Virginia to be ruled by its government. Original Mayflower Compact

20. The Founding of Plymouth Mayflower Compact— documents creating a new political society signed by the Pilgrims Signing the Mayflower Compact

21. Mayflower Compact Pilgrims supposed to settle in Virginia, not New England Before setting foot on land, the Pilgrims wrote a compact, or agreement The compact would serve as form of government for their colony

22. Mayflower Compact In the Mayflower Compact, the Pilgrims agreed to make and obey the colony’s “just and equal laws” 41 men signed the compact Important Step! Helped plant the idea of self-government among the colonists of North America

24. John Carver William Bradford Edward Winslow William Brewster Isaac Allerton Miles Standish John Alden Samuel Fuller Christopher Martin William MullinsWilliam White James Chilton John Craxton John Billington Richard Warren John Howland Steven Hopkins Edward Tilly John Tilly Francis CookThomas Rogers Thomas Tinker John Rigdale Edward Fuller John Turner Francis Eaton Moses Fletcher Digery Priest Thomas Williams Gilbert Winslow Edmond Margeson Peter Brown Richard Bitteridge Richard Clark Richard Gardiner John Allerton Thomas English Edward Doten Edward Liester John Goodman George Soule

26. The Founding of Plymouth Pilgrims land in present-day Massachusetts in late 1620

28. Pilgrims & American Indians No Indian interaction for long time March 1621: Indian walks into Pilgrim community speaking English Introduces Pilgrims to Squanto Samoset walking into Pilgrim community

29. Squanto He was the Native American who assisted the Pilgrims after their first winter in the New World and was integral to their survival. The Patuxet tribe was a tributary of the Wampanoag Confederacy.

30. Pilgrims & American Indians Squanto aided colonists by: –Teaching colonists to use fertilizer –Helping establish peace between the Pilgrims & Massasoit

31. Pilgrims & American Indians First Thanksgiving http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsdzjdT_LkY

32. Thanksgiving Poems T is for the trust the pilgrims had so many years ago H is for the harvest the settlers learnt to grow A is for America, the land in which we live N is for nature and beauty which she gives K is for kindness, gentle words, thoughtful deeds S is for smiles, the sunshine everyone needs

33. G is for gratitude... our blessings big and small I is for ideas, letting wisdom grow tall V is for voices, singing, laughing, always caring I is for Indians, who taught them about sharing N is for neighbors, across the street, over the sea G is for giving of myself to make a better me by Judith.A. Lindberg

34. The Pilgrims came across the sea, And never thought of you and me; And yet it's very strange the way We think of them Thanksgiving Day. We tell their story old and true Of how they sailed across the blue, And found a new land to be free And built their homes quite near the sea. The people think that they were sad, And grave; I'm sure that they were glad - They made Thanksgiving Day - that's fun - We thank the Pilgrims every one! by Annette Wynne