Early 1600's – Persecution, The Pilgrims

imprisonment and death for (separatists) found

those who separated
corruption and
themselves from King James
practices that were
rule of the church of England.
in conflict with the
Holy Word of God
and thus began to
meet in secret so
they could
worship God
according to the
way the Bible told
them. It was time
to flee from
England and find a
place where they
could worship
freely.
The Pilgrims flee to Holland
After a decade in Leiden, the
low wages, the danger of
renewed war with Spain, and
concern for their children's
future led them to seek another
solution. The Leiden Separatist
community decided to relocate
to America despite the perils
and dangers.
The ships painted below are the
size of the Speedwell, the small
ship in which some of the
Pilgrims sailed from Holland to
England. Both the Speedwell
and the Mayflower (right) were
meant to sail to America, but the
Speedwell developed leaks. The
Pilgrims decided she could not
survive the voyage.
On November 9th they spotted land. On November 21, 1620, the
Pilgrims and other colonists met in the cabin of the ship and forty-one
men signed an agreement that became known as the Mayflower
Compact. This was the earliest attempt at self-government in the New
World. (Because women had few legal rights in those days, only men signed the Compact.)
DEC 23, 1620 THE ENTIRE GROUP GOES ASHORE
 THE FIRST
WINTER WAS
ROUGH AND
MORE THAN
40 PILGRIMS
DIED BUT
THEY DIDN’T ERECT GRAVESTONES
FOR FEAR OF BEING ATTACT BY
THE INDIANS BECAUSE OF THEIR
DWINDLING NUMBERS.
Three months after the
Pilgrims landed in
Plymouth they met their
first Indian neighbor.
They didn’t expect him to
just walk right up and
begin speaking English
but that is exactly what
happened. His name
was Samoset, and he
had learned to speak
from a visiting English
fisherman. The Pilgrims
offered him food, drink
and clothing, and then
Samoset educated the
Pilgrims about the land,
surrounding Indian tribes
and a strange sickness
that killed nearly
everyone in his Patuxet
tribe.
Another Indian named Squanto who
also spoke English, which he learned
from the English captain who
kidnapped him and tried to sold him
into slavery which he later escaped,
also helped the Pilgrims to survive.

Squanto showed the them the best

way to catch fish, where to hunt
deer, turkey, and other animals, and
how to use nets, hooks, and spears
to capture prey. He showed them
which plants were safe to eat and he
even taught them how to use fish as
fertilizer to help their corn grow more
plentiful.
Instead of begging God for more blessing, the
Pilgrims'profound faith in God led Governor William
Bradford to set aside a day for public Thanksgiving in
gratitude for the blessings already received.
We still maintain
the tradition of
giving thanks for
our good fortune,
but we have
some new
traditions the
Pilgrims would
never recognize
F
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B
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FOOTBALL
 HOW MANY TURKEYS
ARE EATEN IN THE
U.S. ON
THANKSGIVING DAY?

MORE THAN 45 MILLION!!

SHOPPING!
!
Happy
Thanksgivi
ng
• I would like to give credit to the following websites for
their resources:
• http://stufffromthelab.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/why-did
-the-pilgrims-come-to-the-new-world/
• http://mbeinstitute.org/America/amerch2.html
• http://www.scarborough.k12.me.us/wis/teachers/dtewhey
/webquest/colonial/pilgrims.htm
• http://ed101.bu.edu/StudentDoc/current/ED101fa08/kfur
bush/Indian%20Interaction.html
• http://christianityinhistory.blogspot.com/2007/11/thanksgi
ving-christian-holiday-part-ii.html
• http://www.pilgrimhall.org/holland.htm
• http://www.dailyencouragement.net/seasonal/pilgrim_hist
ory.html
• http://islandbreath.org/2005Year/a05-11-spirit/0511-
07AtonementDay.html