USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Plymouth was the site of the colony founded in 1620 by the Mayflower Pilgrims, where New England was first established. It is the oldest municipality in New England and one of the oldest in the United States.

Detailed explanation-2: -Plymouth, Massachusetts, (population 492, 066) was founded in 1620 by English settlers known as Separatists, who had fled England to establish a Utopian community where they could practice their religion freely. While on board the Mayflower, they established the rules for governing the new 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.

Detailed explanation-4: -That November, the ship landed on the shores of Cape Cod, in present-day Massachusetts. A scouting party was sent out, and in late December the group landed at Plymouth Harbor, where they would form the first permanent settlement of Europeans in New England.

Detailed explanation-5: -Plymouth Colony was founded by a group of English Puritans who came to be known as the Pilgrims.