Pilgrims

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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.


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

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