SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
MAYFLOWER COMPACT DEFINITION SUMMARY HISTORY
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102
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Detailed explanation-1: -There were 102 passengers on the Mayflower including 37 members of the separatist Leiden congregation who would go on to be known as the Pilgrims, together with the non-separatist passengers. There were 74 men and 28 women-18 were listed as servants, 13 of which were attached to separatist families.
Detailed explanation-2: -The ship carried 102 men, women and children passengers on its only trip to New England.
Detailed explanation-3: -6. Nearly half of the Pilgrims and Puritans died during the voyage. Only 50 of the original 102 passengers survived the first winter. “They weren’t thinking about colonizing, ” says Beiler.
Detailed explanation-4: -The 102 passengers and 30-man crew endured two months on the open sea in rough weather between 6 September and 11 November 1620 CE on the Mayflower, a 12-year old cargo ship never intended to transport passengers and never before used for a voyage of such a distance.