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15 de nov. de 2023 · The term “Pilgrims” is used to describe the 102 English settlers who set out for the New World in 1620 on the Mayflower. Many of them were fleeing from religious persecution they faced at home. Upon their arrival, the Pilgrims established Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts.
2 de dic. de 2009 · The Pilgrims were the people who arrived in Massachusetts via the Mayflower in 1620 and formed the first permanent settlement of Europeans in New England.
13 de nov. de 2020 · When the Pilgrims set sail from Europe in 1620, several powerful reasons propelled them across the Atlantic Ocean to make new lives in America—but religious liberty was not their most pressing ...
The Pilgrims, also known as the Pilgrim Fathers, were the English settlers who traveled to North America on Mayflower and established the Plymouth Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts ( John Smith had named this territory New Plymouth in 1620, sharing the name of the Pilgrims' final departure port of Plymouth, Devon ).
A pilgrim (from the Latin peregrinus) is a traveler (literally one who has come from afar) who is on a journey to a holy place. Typically, this is a physical journey (often on foot) to some place of special significance to the adherent of a particular religious belief system.
8 de oct. de 2020 · The pilgrims of the Mayflower were a group of around 100 people seeking religious freedom from the Church of England. However, pilgrims were not the only passengers on the Mayflower. Other Mayflower passengers included servants, contracted workers, and families seeking a new life in America.
26 de nov. de 2020 · The people who became known as the pilgrims were Puritan separatists who had relocated from England to Leiden, the Netherlands, escaping the persecution of James I of England (r. 1603-1625) and his Anglican Church which did not tolerate religious dissent.
