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Pilgrims
Group of religious dissidents who wanted to
separate
from England's church ("
Separatists
")
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Pilgrims moved to America
1. Moved to
Holland
in
1607
/1608 (English Crown forbade separation)
2. Began to move to America in 1620 with several
ships
(
Mayflower
, Fortune, Anne, Little James)
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Pilgrim Separatists' Bible
Geneva Bible (translation made by English Calvinist refugees)
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Official English church disagreed with the
Geneva Bible
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Puritans
Englishmen who believed more reforms were needed to purify the church
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Separatists
Formed
congregations
entirely apart from
English
church
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Voyage of Mayflower and Speedwell
1. Separatists bought Speedwell in Holland and embarked on July 22, 1620
2. Sailed to Southhampton (England) to meet Mayflower
3. August 15 set sail to America (Speedwell leaked-turned back to England)
4. September 16: Mayflower set sail to America alone
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Mayflower Compact
1. Pilgrims obtained first Patent for a settlement in the Northern Part of Virginia colony
2. Agreement that passengers would stay together in a civil body
3. Pilgrims from Mayflower had to travel to Virginia but failed and reached Cape Cod instead
4. Built their own colony named "Plymouth Colony"
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Jamestown
Settlement
Established first permanent English colony on the shores of James
River
in
Virginia
Settlers vowed to
exterminate
the Indians and noticed they could get rich with
slavery
Three cultures (European,
African
, Indian) collided and a big
chaos
started
King James wanted the settlers to
perish
because of their
bad
behavior
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"
The new man
"
Either European
or a descendant of them
Left behind old manners &
prejudice
and took on
new ones
Motto
: "
Ubi pans ibi patria
" (lat.: "where there is bread there is [my] fatherland")
Got out of
misery
and took a new
opportunity
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