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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English Separatists
historical community
religious group
assistedBy Squanto
surface form: 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
surface form: Thanksgiving Day (United States)
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England
earlierRefugeIn Leiden
surface form: Leiden, Dutch Republic
ethnicGroup England
surface form: 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
surface form: Cape Cod, New England
voyageStartLocation Plymouth, England
voyageStartYear 1620

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The Departure of the Mayflower hasTheme Pilgrims
this entity surface form: Pilgrim Fathers
Giles Hopkins category Pilgrims
this entity surface form: Mayflower passengers
Sarcophagus of the Pilgrims commemorates Pilgrims
this entity surface form: Mayflower passengers
Sarcophagus of the Pilgrims dedicatedTo Pilgrims
this entity surface form: Mayflower pilgrims
Sarcophagus of the Pilgrims associatedWith Pilgrims
this entity surface form: Pilgrim Fathers
Leyden Street, Plymouth associatedWith Pilgrims
this entity surface form: Mayflower passengers
John Robinson influenced Pilgrims
this entity surface form: Pilgrim Fathers
John Robinson associatedWith Pilgrims
this entity surface form: Pilgrim Fathers
Scrooby congregation associatedWith Pilgrims
this entity surface form: Mayflower Pilgrims
Edward Fuller associatedWith Pilgrims
this entity surface form: Pilgrim Fathers
Edward Fuller associatedWith Pilgrims
this entity surface form: Mayflower passengers
Edward Fuller category Pilgrims
this entity surface form: Mayflower passengers
Edward Fuller category Pilgrims
this entity surface form: Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)
Joseph Howland hasAncestor Pilgrims
this entity surface form: Mayflower passengers
Priscilla Mullins partOf Pilgrims
this entity surface form: Mayflower passengers group
Susanna White associatedWith Pilgrims
this entity surface form: Mayflower passengers
Elizabeth Fisher connectedTo Pilgrims
this entity surface form: Mayflower passengers
Mary Kent associatedWith Pilgrims
this entity surface form: Mayflower passengers
Tisquantum workedWith Pilgrims
Ann Tilley associatedWith Pilgrims
English Separatists in Leiden hasPart Pilgrims
this entity surface form: Mayflower Pilgrims
Henry Samson associatedWith Pilgrims
Catherine Allerton associatedWith Pilgrims
this entity surface form: Mayflower-era Pilgrims
Hester Mahieu associatedWith Pilgrims
this entity surface form: Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)
Plymouth Oration mainSubject Pilgrims
Plymouth Oration associatedWith Pilgrims
this entity surface form: Pilgrim Fathers
John Cooke associatedWith Pilgrims
Billericay, Essex, England hasHistoricAssociation Pilgrims
subject surface form: Billericay
this entity surface form: Pilgrim Fathers
Sarah Allerton partOfGroup Pilgrims
this entity surface form: Pilgrim settlers