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Plymouth Rock Colony
- Founded in 1620
- Located in the Soutteast part of Massachusetts around Cape Cod.
- 2nd permanent site of an English colony in present day U.S.A.
- The London Co funded this expedition, so the mother country is indeed England
Plymouth
- The two shipd that sailed over to U.S.A. were the Mayflower and Speedwell
- Around 90 people on the Mayflower and 30 on the Speedwell
- Variety of people made the journey; indentured servants, Puritans, and Separatists
- This area in the land is also considered to be New England
- Mayflower Compact was their document for the intent of which was to establish a means of governing the colony
- The colony/settlement also suffered a terrible first winter as well
- Lost over 40 percent of the settlers
- Issues: couldn’t build houses, many continued to stay on the ships
Plymouth KEY PLAYER
- Myles Standish
- An English military officer who was hired by the Pilgrims as a military advisor
- He was elected to the office of commander by the Plymouth Colony militia
- Known for his attacks in the Nemasket raid and the Wessagusset massacre
- Known for his courage when fighting against the Native Americans, but also his brutality.
- Tisquantum
- Aka Squanto
- A Native American who helped the settlers out after their first winter in the New World
- In 1614, he was captured by Thomas Hunt, a lieutenant of John Smith and sold in slavery
- He then was able to convince the English to send his back home, and they allowed this and he was able to learn a lot of English during this time
- Known for helping the Pilgrims in their first Thanksgiving
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