USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In a difficult Atlantic crossing, the 90-foot Mayflower encountered rough seas and storms and was blown more than 500 miles off course.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1620, they decided to contract out the Mayflower to bring them to Virginia. Storms had blown the Mayflower off course by several hundred miles. The Pilgrims knew they had not landed in Virginia and tried to sail south, but eventually turned back and decided to set anchor near present-day Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Pilgrims intended to land in Northern Virginia and the Hudson River (today New York) was their intended destination.

Detailed explanation-4: -That’s what the Pilgrims did in the year 1620, on a ship called Mayflower. Mayflower set sail from England in July 1620, but it had to turn back twice because Speedwell, the ship it was traveling with, leaked.

Detailed explanation-5: -Virginia was a commercial colony and was set up to operate as a corporation, sending back the riches they harvested from the New World in exchange for supplies sent regularly to them from England.