Plymouth Colony

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Plymouth Colony was an early 17th-century English settlement in present-day Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims seeking religious freedom and is often regarded as one of the first successful British colonies in North America.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British colony in North America
English colony
historical polity
capital Plymouth
colonialPower England
continent North America
country Kingdom of England
dateDissolved 1691
dateEstablished 1620-11-11
demographics English settlers
Native American allies and neighbors
economy fishing
fur trade
subsistence agriculture
timber trade
establishedByDocument Mayflower Compact
firstGovernor John Carver
flagUsed British Red Ensign
surface form: English Red Ensign (de facto)
foundedAfterArrivalOf Mayflower
foundedBy Separatists
surface form: English Separatists

Pilgrims
surface form: Mayflower passengers

Pilgrims
foundingYear 1620
governmentType colonial government
self-governing colony
knownFor early example of self-government in America
one of the first successful English colonies in North America
site of the traditional First Thanksgiving
language English
leader John Carver
William Bradford
leaderTitle Governor
legalBasis Mayflower Compact
locatedIn New England
present-day Massachusetts
longtimeGovernor William Bradford
mergedInto Province of Massachusetts Bay
namedAfter Plymouth, England
neighboringPeople Wampanoag people
surface form: Wampanoag
notableEvent First Thanksgiving (1621)
King Philip's War (as participant)
partOf New England Colonies
Thirteen Colonies
surface form: Thirteen Colonies (historical grouping)
populationOrigin England
Leiden
surface form: Leiden, Dutch Republic
religion Protestantism
Puritanism
signedTreatyWith Wampanoag people
surface form: Wampanoag
successor Province of Massachusetts Bay
timePeriod 17th century

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Mayflower Compact appliesTo Plymouth Colony
general courts appliesToJurisdiction Plymouth Colony
subject surface form: General Courts (colonial New England)
Barbara Standish arrivalLocation Plymouth Colony
Bartholomew Allerton arrivalPlace Plymouth Colony
Francis Cooke arrivedIn Plymouth Colony
John Alden arrivedIn Plymouth Colony
Awashonks associatedWith Plymouth Colony
Barbara Standish associatedWith Plymouth Colony
Bartholomew Allerton associatedWith Plymouth Colony
subject surface form: Burial Hill
Cole's Hill, Plymouth associatedWith Plymouth Colony
Degory Priest associatedWith Plymouth Colony
Edward Leister associatedWith Plymouth Colony
Edward Tilley associatedWith Plymouth Colony
Francis Cooke associatedWith Plymouth Colony
John Alden associatedWith Plymouth Colony
John Billington associatedWith Plymouth Colony
this entity surface form: Plymouth Colony leadership
John Carver associatedWith Plymouth Colony
John Turner associatedWith Plymouth Colony
Mary Allerton associatedWith Plymouth Colony
Mayflower associatedWith Plymouth Colony
subject surface form: Myles Standish Burial Ground
New England clergy associatedWith Plymouth Colony
Oceanus Hopkins associatedWith Plymouth Colony
Plymouth Harbor associatedWith Plymouth Colony
Remember Allerton associatedWith Plymouth Colony
Richard Warren associatedWith Plymouth Colony
Rose Standish associatedWith Plymouth Colony
Squanto associatedWith Plymouth Colony
Sunoho associatedWith Plymouth Colony
Christopher Jones associatedWithPlace Plymouth Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony borderedBy Plymouth Colony
Degory Priest burialPlace Plymouth Colony
this entity surface form: Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
Mayflower Compact category Plymouth Colony
Josiah Winslow citizenship Plymouth Colony
John Billington colony Plymouth Colony
John Carver colony Plymouth Colony
William Brewster colony Plymouth Colony
Wamsutta colonyInteractedWith Plymouth Colony
Pilgrims colonyName Plymouth Colony
Pequot people conflictWith Plymouth Colony
Pokanoket contactWith Plymouth Colony
Attack on Swansea country Plymouth Colony
Myles Standish countryOfActivity Plymouth Colony