The Pilgrim Fathers set off for North America in the Mayflower

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
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The Pilgrim Fathers were a group of 102 colonialists who became known as the Plymouth Colony, and were some of the first permanent settlers of America. Sailing in

The Mayflower

, they landed in Massachusetts in 1620, many of them having originally left England for Holland in order to escape religious persecution.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "The Pilgrim Fathers set off for North America in the Mayflower". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 20 December 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=865, accessed 19 March 2024.]

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