USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

MAYFLOWER COMPACT DEFINITION SUMMARY HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Whereas most of the original colonists in Jamestown were investors, the folks aboard the Mayflower were mostly ____
A
Tired.
B
Very sick.
C
Adventerous
D
Pilgrims
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The settlers at Jamestown were members of the Anglican faith, the official Church of England. The Pilgrims were dissenters from the Church of England and established the Puritan or Congregational Church.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Whereas 102 Pilgrims came over on the Mayflower, 1, 000 Puritans came to Boston. Unlike the Pilgrims, the Puritans had an official charter from the King of England to establish a colony and had not separated from the Church of England.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some 100 people, many of them seeking religious freedom in the New World, set sail from England on the Mayflower in September 1620. That November, the ship landed on the shores of Cape Cod, in present-day Massachusetts.

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