MASSACHUSETTS- PILGRIMS

WHEN

• November 9, 1620

WHAT WAS THEIR MOTIVATION TO COME

• To have a safe place to practice religion

WHERE THEY A SUCCESSFUL COLONY

• More than half of the pilgrims died during the first winter
• Leaders kept the settlement together and over time improved
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HOW DID THEY RELATE TO THE INDIGENOUS

• Both had been devastated by loss of people
• Both lived in Massachusetts

TYPE OF GOVERNMENT INSTITUTE

• Still had loyalty to Spain
• Representative government

ANY DOCUMENTS PRODUCED

• Wrote Mayflower Compact

TOP TWO INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE

• John Carver: the first governor
• William Bradford: leader of pilgrims, established colony