In this section you will learn about the Pilgrims and Puritans, their relations with the Native Americans, and their settlement of the New England colonies.New EnglandThe Pilgrims were a religious group that separated from the Church of England, who in turn had separated from the Catholic Church.With a voyage arranged by the Virginia Company, the Pilgrims set sail for America aboard the Mayflower and landed in Plymouth, New England in 1620.Puritan route from Holland to England and then AmericaPilgrims Voyage to PlymouthThe Pilgrims lived on the ship for over a month before they left. The trip took 66 days. They lived on the ship during the first winter.PlymouthEnglandOne passenger, a 25 year old man named John Howland fell overboard. The Mayflower crew spotted Cape Cod on November 9. The Pilgrims decided to head south, where it encountered rough seas, and nearly shipwrecked. Rather than risk another attempt, they decided to stay and explore Cape Cod, anchoring in Provincetown Harbor. They explored Cape Cod, trying to decide where they would build their plantation. On December 25, 1620, they decided upon Plymouth.Pilgrims landing at Plymouth RockThe Puritan FamilyThe Mayflower stayed with the Pilgrims in America the first winter, and departed home for England in April, arriving back home in May 1621. Master Christopher Jones, the ships captain, died the next year, in March 1622. Christopher Jones owned a fourth of the ship, and when he died the ownership of his share passed to his widow, Josian. Josian, with the other three owners, stopped using the ship, and by May 1624 it had fallen into ruins. It was appraised at that time to a value of just over 128, and because of its very poor condition it was almost certainly broken up and sold off as scrap.The Pilgrims landed outside the limits of the Virginia Companys jurisdiction. For the sake of order, the Pilgrims signed an agreement to obey laws established for the good of the colony - the Mayflower Compact. This compact help establish the idea self-government and majority rule in America.Signing of the Mayflower Compact, a painting by Edward Percy Moran, which hangs at the Plymouth Museum.John Winthrop, first governor of Massachusetts.Bradfords transcription of the Mayflower compactAfter a devastating first winter, a Native American, Squanto, acted as an intermediary between the Pilgrims and local Native American tribes, who in turn taught the pilgrims to plant, grow, and fish. Squanto (1585?-1622), Native American of the Wampanoag tribe of what is now Massachusetts.The Plymouth settlement celebrated the blessings of the first good harvest, holding a three day feast. It was the first Thanksgiving.Most of the Pilgrims on the Mayflower were men. Men were the head of the family. Wives were expected to obey them. Children were expected to obey their Mother and Father.Some of the men brought their wives and children along. After the first winter, only 3 of the 17 wives were still alive to care for the 50 remaining men and children. Nearly half of all the pilgrims died that first winter.Whats wrong with this picture?Between 1630 and 1640, a religious group called the Puritans fled England to escape bad treatment by King James I. This became known as the Great Migration.FOR UNDERSTANDINGBetween 1630 and 1640, a religious group called the _fled England to escape bad treatment by King James I. This became known as the_. 1) Pilgrims, Reformation 2) Quakers, Great Escape 3) Puritans, first Thanksgiving 4) Puritans, Great MigrationThe Plymouth settlement celebrated the blessings of the first good harvest, holding a three day the feast called _ . 1) Mayday 2) The Quaker festival of Friends 3) Plymouth Day 4) ThanksgivingThe Pilgrims signed an agreement to obey laws established for the good of the colony called the_. 1) Mayflower Compact 2) Magna Carta 3) Constitution 4) Bill of RightsWith a voyage arranged by the Virginia Company, the Pilgrims set sail for America aboard the _ and landed in_ , New England in_. 1) Santa Maria, Roanoke, 1605 2) Sea venture, Plymouth, 1625 3) Mayflower, Plymouth, 1620 4) Mayflower, Roanoke, 1620The _ were a religious group that separated from the Church of England, who in turn had separated from the Catholic Church. 1) Baptists 2) Mormons 3) Pilgrims 4) QuakersAfter a devastating first winter, a Native American,_, acted as an intermediary between the Pilgrims and local Native American tribes. 1) Powhatan 2) Squanto 3) Sitting Bull 4) PocahontasIn 1630, about 1,000 pilgrims, working for the Massachusetts Bay Company, settled in New England. John Winthrop became the colonies first Puritan governor.Myles Standish, militia captain at Plymouth. In 1636, Thomas Hooker moved his congregation to the Connecticut Valley, where they wrote and adopted a rudimen