LITERATURE QUESTIONS
PURITAN LITERATURE
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Half of the company dies
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A young boy falls from the ship and drowns
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A misunderstanding between Bradford and Samoset causes a war
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William Bradford dies
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Detailed explanation-1: -What “lamentable” event occurs? Within two to three months living in the settlement, one half of the pilgrims had passed.
Detailed explanation-2: -More than half the settlers fell ill and died that first winter, victims of an epidemic of disease that swept the new colony. Soon after they moved ashore, the Pilgrims were introduced to a Native American man named Tisquantum, or Squanto, who would become a member of the colony.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mayflower arrived in Plymouth Harbor on December 16, 1620 and the colonists began building their town. While houses were being built, the group continued to live on the ship. Many of the colonists fell ill. They were probably suffering from scurvy and pneumonia caused by a lack of shelter in the cold, wet weather.
Detailed explanation-4: -Forty-five of the 102 Mayflower passengers died in the winter of 1620–21, and the Mayflower colonists suffered greatly during their first winter in the New World from lack of shelter, scurvy, and general conditions on board ship. They were buried on Cole’s Hill.
Detailed explanation-5: -Sep 6, 1620. Bully on board dies. In the beginning of the the story there is a young man portrayed as a bully. Sep 6, 1620. Pilgrims set sail. Period: Sep 6, 1620 to Nov 27, 1621. Voyage. Oct 8, 1620. Ship Damaged Due to Storms at Sea. Apr 15, 1621. The Starving Time. Nov 10, 1621. Indian Relations.