Plymouth Colony

Leaders

• 35 Separatists lead the group of people on
• the Mayflower ship. They did not agree with
• the church in England, so the left the country
• to create their own way of following God.

Economic Structure

• The economy in this area developed in the late
• 1600s. They made profit from tobacco. The biggest 
• source of income was from the fur trade.

Social Structure

• Life in Plymouth revolved around family and religion.
• Almost all grown males in the colony could have 
• citizenship. The most powerful person in each colony
• was the govenor.

Physical Environment

• The first winter the passengers on the Mayflower
• experienced was a rough one, 45 out of the 102
• passengers died that winter. The English soon 
• worked with the Native Americans and got the tools
• to survive a winter in North America.

Struggles

• The sources of income were from farming and fishing,
• which were unreliable ways of getting money in that time
• due to the fact that there can be bad fishing seasons and
• bad farming seasons.

Interactions

• After the first rough winter for the colonists, they created
• a peace treaty with chief Massasoit of the Wampanoag
•  tribe. This helped the pilgrims alive and functioning throughout
• the years.

Slavery

• Some of the families had black slaves, and a lot of
• families had indentured servants. There weren't enough
• slaves in the colony for politicians to enforce any laws 
• about them.