Plymouth Rock Colony
- Founded in 1620
- Located in the Southeast 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 ships that sailed over the U.S.A were the Mayflower and Speedwell
- Around 90 people on the Mayflower and 30 on the Speedwell
- Variety of people made this journey: indentured servants, Puritans, and Separatists
- This area in the land s also considered to be New England
- Mayflower Compact was their document for the intent of which was to establish a means of governing the colnoy
- The colony/ settlement also suffered a terrible first winter as well
-Lost over 40 percent of the settelrs
-Issues were that they were not able to build the houses bu winter, so many had to continue to stay on the ships
Key Player: Myles Standish
- An English military officer who was hired by the Pilgrims as a military adviser
- He was elected to the office of commander by the Plymouth Colony militia
- Known for his attacks in the Massenet raid and the Wessaguesset massacre
- Known for this courage when fighting against the Native Americans, but also his brutality
Key Player: Tisquantum
- A.K.A Squanto
- A Native American who helped the settlers out after there 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 him back home, and they allowed this and he was able to learn a lot of English during this time
- Known for helping his Pilgrims in their first Thanksgiving
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