USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Nearly 40 of these passengers were Protestant Separatists-they called themselves “Saints”-who hoped to establish a new church in the so-called New World. Today, we often refer to the colonists who crossed the Atlantic on the Mayflower as “Pilgrims.”

Detailed explanation-2: -The lily of the valley, still known as mayflower in many areas, inspired the name of the ship the Mayflower. The plant the English called mayflower back in the 1600s was in fact a plant most gardeners know well today, but by another name: lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis).

Detailed explanation-3: -Mayflower, in American colonial history, the ship that carried the Pilgrims from England to Plymouth, Massachusetts, where they established the first permanent New England colony in 1620.

Detailed explanation-4: -Its passengers were in search of a new life – some seeking religious freedom, others a fresh start in a different land. They would go on to be known as the Pilgrims and influence the future of the United States of America in ways they could never have imagined.