My presentation of Plymouth Colony for a school project.

1. Cheri-Lee Steyn
History A FYI
THE PILGRIMS & PLYMOUTH COLONY

2. William Bradford was one of the founders and a long-
time governor of the Plymouth Colony settlement.
He was born in England, and then he migrated with
the Separatist congregation to the Netherlands as a
teenager. Mr. Bradford was among the passengers on
the Mayflower’s trans-Atlantic journey, and he signed
the Mayflower Compact upon arriving in
Massachusetts in 1620. As the Plymouth Colony
governor for more than thirty years, he helped draft
its legal code and facilitated a community centred on
private subsistence agriculture and religious
tolerance. Around 1630, he began to compile his
two-volume “Of Plymouth Plantation,” one of the
most important early texts of the settlement of New
England.
WILLIAM
BRADFORD

3. • In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an
autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first
Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries,
days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. It
wasn’t until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that President Abraham
Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November.
THANKSGIVING

4. In the 17th century the Pequot tribe, rival of the Narragansett, was centred
along the Thames River in present-day southeast Connecticut.
As the colonists expanded westward, friction began to develop. Points of
tension included unfair trading, the sale of alcohol, destruction of Pequot crops
by colonial cattle and competition over hunting grounds.
Further poisoning the relationship was the disdain in which the Indians were
held by the colonists; many felt no qualms about dispossessing or killing those
whom they regarded as ungodly savages.In July 1636, John Oldham, a trader of
questionable honesty, was killed by the Pequot. The incident led Gov. John
Endicott to call up the militia. What followed was the first significant clash
between English colonists and North American Natives.
Allying themselves with the Mohegan and Narragansett, the colonists attacked
a Pequot village on the Mystic River (near present-day New London) in May
1637. Encircling their foes under the cover of night, the colonists set the Indian
dwellings ablaze, then shot the natives as they fled from their homes. From 400
to 700 Indian men, women and children were killed; many of the survivors were
sold into slavery in Bermuda.
The Pequot chieftain Sassacus was captured by the Mohawks and executed. His
tribe was virtually exterminated. Renowned warrior Uncas, son in law of
Sassacus, allied his forces with the English colonists in the war and defeated the
rival Narragansett in 1643.The colonists and their allies set an infortunate
precedent in the Pequot War by ignoring the conventions of European warfare
to punitively devastate the homes and lives of men, women and children.
THE PEQUOT
WAR

5. • King Philip’s War, which was from 1675 to 1676,
marked the last major effort by the Native
Americans of southern New England to drive out
the English settlers. With tensions spilling over
following the collapse of trade partnerships and
aggressive expansion of colonist territories,
Pokunoket chief Metacom , or also known as King
Philip, led a bloody uprising of Wampanoag,
Nipmuck, Pocumtuck and Narragansett tribes.
The fighting lasted fourteen months and
destroyed twelve frontier towns, ending shortly
after Metacom was captured and beheaded.
Some of his supporters escaped to Canada, while
others who surrendered were sold into slavery.
THE KING PHILIP’S WAR

6. HOW THE PILGRIMS MUST HAVE FELT WHEN
THEY ARRIVED IN PLYMOUTH.
• These people, that have been traveling for
days, awaiting their landing, must have felt
somewhat lost, terrified, as well as confused
as they did not arrive at their intended
destinatin. They made due with what they had
, and thus had no choice but to colonize the
unknown area, with possible unknown
dangers. They had no idea what was in store
for them at the time. Although they seemed to
be at odds, they never gave up their faith, and
hope to live in the New world. As pilgrims they
had a strong believe and hold on their faith, so
they were not swayed so easily.

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