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Plymouth!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmXfWqaJevg
Do you think the first encounter between the Native Americans and the Pilgrims
was like this?
Lesson 3: The Plymouth Colony 1620
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 A group of English Separatists had left England for
the Netherlands for religious freedom
 In 1620 they sailed to North America funded by the
Virginia Company
 102 passengers (including some who were not
Pilgrims) sailed to Massachusetts on the Mayflower
The Mayflower
Compact
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 Signed on board the Mayflower before the settlers
arrived in the New World
 It contained all the laws of the new settlement and
the men who signed it had the power to rule
themselves (self-government)
 Why is this document still important today?
 HS: First example of self government in the New
World and an example of majority rule
Mayflower Compact
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In the name of God, Amen. We whose names are under-written, the
loyal subjects of our dread sovereign Lord, King James, by the grace of God, of
Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, etc.
Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the
Christian faith, and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first
colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and
mutually, in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine
our selves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and
preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to
enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts,
constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and
convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due
submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed
our names at Cape Cod, the eleventh of November [New Style, November 21],
in the year of the reign of our sovereign lord, King James, of England, France,
and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Dom. 1620.
 http://www.pilgrimhallmuseum.org/mayflower_compact_text.htm
Plymouth
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 The first winter at Plymouth was very hard, 50 of the
settlers died from disease
 In the spring they met a Native American Samoset (a
Wampanoag) who brought them Tisquantum (from
the Pawtuxet tribe)
 Tisquantum spoke English well and helped the
English plant squash, corn, and pumpkins
 The Pilgrims lived in peace with the Wampanoag for
many years
The First Thanksgiving
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 http://www.plimoth.org/learn/MRL/interact/than
ksgiving-interactive-you-are-historian
What Happened Next?
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 Plymouth grew as the colony prospered through
trade and successful farming
 More colonists came and settled in New England,
this caused tension with the Native Americans and
fighting began to break out
 HS: These English settlers settled what is today New
England and allowed for the future colonization of
North America
William Bradford
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 He was one of the Separatist leaders of the Plymouth
Colony
 He became governor of Plymouth in 1621
 HS: He wrote the book Of Plymouth Plantation which
describes the early history of Plymouth
Tisquantum “Squanto”
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 Tisquantum was a Native American of the Pawtuxet
tribe
 He was kidnapped and brought to Europe where he
learned English
 He helped the Pilgrims survive by teaching them
how to farm in the New World
 He became a Christian and lived with the Pilgrims
until his death in 1622
Historical Significance
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The Plymouth Colony was
the first successful English
settlement in North
America