Pilgrims

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English Separatists historical community religious group

The Pilgrims were a group of English Separatists who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 and established one of the first permanent European settlements in New England.

Aliases (9)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English Separatists → historical community → religious group →
assistedBy	Tisquantum (Squanto) →
associatedWith	American Thanksgiving tradition →
celebratedEvent	1621 harvest feast at Plymouth →
colonyMergedInto	Province of Massachusetts Bay →
colonyMergedYear	1691 →
colonyName	Plymouth Colony →
colonyStatus	English colony in North America →
commemoratedAt	Plymouth, Massachusetts monuments →
commemoratedOn	Thanksgiving Day (United States) →
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of England →
earlierRefugeIn	Leiden, Dutch Republic →
ethnicGroup	English people →
governanceDocumentAuthored	Mayflower Compact →
governanceDocumentType	self-government agreement → social contract →
governanceDocumentYear	1620 →
governorOfPlymouthColonyFromGroup	William Bradford →
ideology	Calvinism →
interactedWith	Massasoit → Wampanoag people →
isOneOfFirstPermanentEuropeanSettlementsIn	New England →
knownFor	establishing self-governing colony → religious dissent from Church of England → transatlantic migration on the Mayflower →
landedNear	Provincetown Harbor →
language	English →
leader	William Bradford → William Brewster →
migratedFrom	England →
migratedTo	New England →
militaryLeader	Myles Standish →
opposedChurch	Church of England →
persecutedBy	English authorities →
populationOnMayflower	approximately 100 passengers →
religion	Protestantism →
religiousMovement	Separatism →
settlementFounded	Plymouth Colony →
settlementFoundedYear	1620 →
settlementLocation	present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts →
shipUsed	Mayflower →
sought	religious freedom →
voyageEndLocation	Cape Cod, New England →
voyageStartLocation	Plymouth, England →
voyageStartYear	1620 →

Referenced by (41)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Barbara Standish ("Mayflower passengers") → Bartholomew Allerton ("Pilgrim Fathers") → Burial Hill → Edward Doty → Edward Tilley ("Mayflower passengers") → Francis Cooke ("Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)") → John Alden → John Carver ("Mayflower passengers") → Myles Standish → Plymouth Harbor → Remember Allerton ("Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)") → Rose Standish → Squanto → Squanto ("Mayflower settlers") →	associatedWith
New England Colonies → Plymouth Colony → Plymouth Colony ("Mayflower passengers") → Plymouth, Massachusetts → Plymouth, Massachusetts →	foundedBy
Bartholomew Allerton ("English Pilgrims") → Edward Winslow → Samuel Fuller → William Bradford →	memberOf
America’s Hometown → Plymouth Rock →	associatedWithGroup
Christopher Jones →	carriedPassengers
National Monument to the Forefathers ("Mayflower Pilgrims") →	commemorates
Nauset people →	encountered
Burial Hill ("Mayflower passengers") →	hasGraveOf
First Thanksgiving (1621) ("English Pilgrims") →	hasParticipant
Thanksgiving Day ("Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony") →	historicalAssociation
English Separatist movement →	influenced
Squanto ("Pilgrims and Wampanoag") →	mediatedBetween
Mercy Bradford →	movement
John Turner →	partOf
Remember Allerton ("Pilgrim migration to New England") →	partOfMigration
William Bradford →	religiousMovement
Massasoit →	signedTreatyWith
Of Plymouth Plantation →	subject
Separatists →	subsetIncludes
Christopher Jones ("Pilgrim Fathers") →	transportedGroup