USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On September 16, 1620, the Mayflower sails from Plymouth, England, bound for the Americas with 102 passengers. The ship was headed for Virginia, where the colonists-half religious dissenters and half entrepreneurs-had been authorized to settle by the British crown.

Detailed explanation-2: -Where did the Mayflower set sail from for its voyage to Plymouth? The Mayflower set sail from Southampton, England, for North America on August 15, 1620. The ship carried Pilgrims from England to Plymouth, in modern-day Massachusetts, where they established the first permanent European settlement in 1620.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the fall of 1621 the Fortune was the second English ship destined for Plymouth Colony in the New World, one year after the voyage of the Pilgrim ship Mayflower.

Detailed explanation-4: -They subsequently agreed on the Mayflower Compact – as it is known today – which was signed by the 41 “true” Pilgrims on 11 November, 1620. This was an agreement to cooperate for the general good of the colony, who would deal with issues by voting, establish constitutional law and rule by the majority.