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Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land near what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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Plymouth Colony
English colonial venture in America (1620–1691)
Plymouth Colony was the first permanent English colony in New England from 1620 and the third permanent English colony in America, after Newfoundland and the Jamestown Colony. It was settled by the passengers on the Mayflower at a location that had previously been surveyed and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
William Bradford (governor)
English Separatist leader (1590–1657)
William Bradford was an English Puritan Separatist originally from the West Riding of Yorkshire in Northern England. He moved to Leiden in the Dutch Republic in order to escape persecution from King James I of England, and then emigrated to the Plymouth Colony on the Mayflower…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Mayflower
17th-century ship of American colonists
Mayflower was an English sailing ship that transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620. After 10 weeks at sea, Mayflower, with 102 passengers and a crew of about 30, reached what is today the United States, dropping…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)
Early settlers in Massachusetts
The Pilgrims, also known as the Pilgrim Fathers, were the English settlers who travelled to North America on the ship Mayflower and established the Plymouth Colony at what now is Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. John Smith had named this territory New Plymouth in 1620,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Plymouth Rock
United States historic place
Plymouth Rock is a boulder in Plymouth, Massachusetts, that symbolizes the historical disembarkation site of the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in December 1620, and has been claimed to be the Pilgrims' actual landing site.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Town in Massachusetts, United States
Plymouth is a town in and the county seat of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. Located in Greater Boston, the town holds a place of great prominence in American history, folklore, and culture, and is known as "America's Hometown". Plymouth was the site of the colony…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)