Brief Description of Mayflower Compact & Pilgrims

1. In 1607, a group of English Separatists , known as Pilgrims , moved to Holland in order to worship their religion as they wished.

3. In 1620 , the Pilgrims set sail for Virginia on a ship called the Mayflower , but a storm blew them instead to Massachusetts …or did they have other plans??

4. The Pilgrims developed the Mayflower Compact , which was an agreement, or contract, to make laws that would benefit all the people of the Plymouth Colony .

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6. The Pilgrims named their new colony Plymouth .

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8. More than half of the settlers died during the first winter.

9. Squanto were Native Americans who taught the Pilgrims how to farm and trap animals.

10. The 1 st Thanksgiving Dinner??