Plymouth Colony (historic context)

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Plymouth Colony was an early 17th-century English settlement in present-day Massachusetts, founded by the Pilgrims and notable as one of the first successful colonial communities in New England.

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instanceOf English colony in North America
historical polity
capital Plymouth NERFINISHED
continent North America
country Kingdom of England
dissolved 1691
economy fishing
fur trade
subsistence agriculture
timber trade
endDate 1691
establishedBy Plymouth Council for New England (charter) NERFINISHED
foundedBy English Separatists NERFINISHED
Mayflower passengers NERFINISHED
Pilgrims NERFINISHED
hasGovernmentForm colonial republic (de facto)
self-governing colony
inception 1620
interactedWith Massasoit NERFINISHED
Squanto NERFINISHED
Wampanoag people NERFINISHED
keyFigure Edward Winslow NERFINISHED
John Carver NERFINISHED
Myles Standish NERFINISHED
William Bradford NERFINISHED
William Brewster NERFINISHED
language English
legalDocument Mayflower Compact NERFINISHED
locatedIn New England
present-day Massachusetts
mergedInto Province of Massachusetts Bay NERFINISHED
namedAfter Plymouth, England NERFINISHED
neighboringEntity Connecticut Colony NERFINISHED
Massachusetts Bay Colony NERFINISHED
Rhode Island Colony NERFINISHED
notableFor being one of the first successful English settlements in New England
early practice of self-government in North America
role in American Thanksgiving tradition
partOf Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED
precededBy Wampanoag homelands
religion Protestant Christianity NERFINISHED
Puritanism
significantEvent First Thanksgiving NERFINISHED
Mayflower Compact NERFINISHED
Mayflower voyage NERFINISHED
startDate 1620-12-21
territoryIncludes Cape Cod region (parts) NERFINISHED
Plymouth County area (modern Massachusetts)
timePeriod 17th century
early 17th century

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Winslow Cemetery, Marshfield, Massachusetts locatedIn Plymouth Colony (historic context)
Rachel Allerton partOf Plymouth Colony (historic context)
this entity surface form: Plymouth Colony era society