2. Big Picture Early in the 1500s much of Europe was divided over religion. The king of England, Henry VIII, broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and set up another Christian church called the Church of England. The members of the church of England were called Protestants because they had protested against practices of the Catholic church. Protestants beliefs and practices were different from those of other Christian religions
3. Some felt they still were too Catholic, so they set up their own churches Moved to Netherlands in early 1600’s for peace Life was difficult in a foreign land William Bradford a leader of a separatist group who decided to go to a settlement of their own
4. Pilgrims Traveler for religious purposes Went to Virginia Company for permission to start a new settlement in Virginia Began preparing for a difficult journey (notice how different from the Jamestown group) Mayflower and Speedwell ships
5. The Mayflower 1620: King James I allowed Pilgrims to settle in Virginia Merchants from London agreed to pay for voyage in exchange for lumber and furs Sept. 1620, about 100 Pilgrims crowded into the small ship for a rough and difficult voyage
6. The Mayflower Hold below the deck held barrels of salted beef and bread Also pigs, chickens and goats 66 day voyage One passenger died, one gave birth
7. The Mayflower Blown off course, instead of landing in Virginia, they landed at Cape Cod This area named New England, choose a rocky harbor called Plymouth
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10. Journey of the Mayflower: http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/voyage/journey.htm Tour of the Mayflower: http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/voyage/tour.htm
12. A day’s activities might be: Wake up, put away the bedding Prayers Breakfast In good weather, activities like reading, games, exercise on deck Cooking by the women in good weather Dinner (noon meal) Activities similar to the morning Supper Prayers Sleep
16. Mayflower Compact Pilgrims supposed to settle in Virginia, not New England Before setting foot on land, the Pilgrims wrote a compact, or agreement The compact would serve as form of govt. for their colony
17. Mayflower Compact In the Mayflower Compact, the Pilgrims agreed to make and obey the colony’s “just and equal laws” 41 men signed the compact Important Step! Helped plant the idea of self-govt. among the colonists of North America
22. Pilgrims Land Lonely, winter, cold, bitter William Bradford wrote a book about conditions PAGE 189 Everyone went hungry, many died of disease By spring, only half were still alive William Bradford is elected leader
23. Started their colony November 20 In the first 3 months nearly half of the settlers died In the spring the settlers are planting crops when a Native Am. walks out and says, “Welcome, Englishmen!”
24. The Wampanoag Like Jamestown settlers, there were already people here Helped the Pilgrims Samoset: learned English from traders, useful information for colonists Squanto: captured by English, found home with Wampanoag and helped the Pilgrims Colonists would not have survived the hard years without them
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31. First Thanksgiving Plymouth, 1621 Not exactly sure who invited who Lasted 3 days Not exactly sure what food, but crops and game A celebration to give thanks
King James allowed them to go to VirginiaLongon merchants agreed to pay for the voyage. The pilgrims agreed to repay the debt by sending back lumber and firs.
