Of Plymouth Plantation Timeline
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Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford
Lesson Plans by Kristy Littlehale
Begun in 1630 and completed in 1647, William Bradford’s account of the Pilgrims’ journey, survival, and flourishing in the New World is considered by historians to be one of the most accurate historical accounts of the Plymouth Colony.
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William Bradford Of Plymouth Plantation - Plymouth Plantation Timeline - mayflower compact
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- OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION TIMELINE
- The Separatist movement decides to move to Leiden (near Amsterdam) in Holland.
- The Pilgrims spot land, drop anchor, and sign the Mayflower Compact.
- After departing from Holland in July for Southampton, England, the group boards The Mayflower, and sails for the New World.
- The Pilgrims set foot in Plymouth, Massachusetts. An illness hits the Pilgrim group, and by March, over half of the group had died from the illness, starvation, and the elements. Bradford’s wife Dorothy May dies aboard The Mayflower.
- The Pilgrims negotiate with the Nauset tribe, establishing a peace treaty and later setting up trade relations.
- The Pilgrims have the first “Thanksgiving” with Massasoit and his men.
- William Bradford marries his second wife, Alice Southworth, a widow.
- The first official Thanksgiving is declared by Governor William Bradford, as the Pilgrims celebrated the arrival of more people and supplies that began to arrive in July.
- A Royal charter for Massachusetts Bay Colony is issued. Plimouth Plantation and the Pilgrim settlement is later absorbed into the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- The Pequot wars with the colonists ends in a treaty.
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- "the first thanksgiving" - jxson - (License Attribution )
- Happy Thanksgiving - faith goble - (License Attribution )
- Image taken from page 316 of 'History of the United States. From the earliest period to the administration of J. Buchanan ... Illustrated with ... engravings from original pictures by Leutze, Weir, Powell, ... and other American artists' - The British Library - (License No known copyright restrictions )
- Image taken from page 50 of 'History of the United States, etc' - The British Library - (License No known copyright restrictions )
- Map of the Netherlands, Undated - nathanh100 - (License Attribution )
- Pilgrim - Port of San Diego - (License Attribution )
- Pilgrims meet native North Americans - quinet - (License Attribution )
- Pilgrims signing the compact on board the Mayflower, Nov 11, 1620, Provincetown Harbor, Mass. - Boston Public Library - (License Attribution )
- Plymouth Rock - midgefrazel - (License Attribution )
- William Bradford Memorial, Abbotsbury - Stoutcob - (License Attribution )
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