USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On December 25, 1620, the Saints and the Strangers departed the bleak shores of Provincetown and arrived, finally, in what is now Plymouth Bay, Massachusetts, on 26th December 1620. They decided this place, once home to the people of Patuxet, would be where they settled and began construction of their first buildings.

Detailed explanation-2: -After more than two months (66 days) at sea, the Pilgrims finally arrived at Cape Cod on November 11, 1620. A few weeks later, they sailed up the coast to Plymouth and started to build their town where a group of Wampanoag People had lived before (a sickness had killed most of them).

Detailed explanation-3: -Mayflower was an English ship that transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -On November 11, 1620, 41 adult male colonists, including two indentured servants, signed the Mayflower Compact, although it wasn’t called that at the time.