USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

FIRST THANKSGIVING HISTORY FACTS FOODS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock.
A
Fact
B
Myth
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -For the Plymouth Rock myth continues. Baker, the Plymouth historian, readily admitted to Cape Cod Magazine that Province-town is the Pilgrims’ first landing place: “They settled here [in Plymouth], but they spent a month first in Provincetown. That’s where they took their first step on American soil.

Detailed explanation-2: -After a tortuous 66-day voyage from England, the Pilgrims reached the mainland of America 400 years ago today, Nov. 11. But they didn’t land at Plymouth Rock, as the popular myth alleges. They first anchored in Provincetown Harbor.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The reality, however, is that the country’s birthstone is a mere boulder. And then there’s the inconvenient truth that no historical evidence exists to confirm Plymouth Rock as the Pilgrims’ steppingstone to the New World.

Detailed explanation-5: -Plymouth Rock, located on the shore of Plymouth Harbor in Massachusetts, is reputed to be the very spot where William Bradford, an early governor of Plymouth colony, and other Pilgrims first set foot on land in 1620.

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