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- Established: 1620
- Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts
- Language: English
- Religion(s): Puritan, Separatist
- Government: Monarchy
- Legislature: General Counsel
- Disestablished: 1691
- Also called The Old Colony
- Settlers known as Pilgrims
- Landed in Provincetown Harbor: November 11, 1620
- Women, children and infirm lived on the Mayflower for six months
- William Bradford elected leader after John Carver died
- Miles Standish: Military leader
- Squanto became an important friend to the settlers
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The settlers that arrived on the Mayflower to found Plymouth Colony (today, the city of Plymouth, Massachusetts) in 1620 were fleeing religious persecution in England. Plymouth was the first major settlement by the English in New England, as well as one of the earliest in North America.
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Pequot War
The Pequot War, beginning in 1637, was fought between the alliance of Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth Colonists and their Native American allies and the Pequot Tribe. Many members of the Pequot were killed, while others were sent to Bermuda to be sold as slaves. The war ended in 1638. -
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Plymouth Colony Questions
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Plymouth Colony Blogs and Message Boards
- History of American Woman: Plymouth Colony: Women's Rights
- Plymouth Colony: Facts and History
- Gordon's Notes: Squanto and the Non-Puritan Non-Pilgrim "Fathers"
- Notes From American Literature: Bradford and Winthrop
- Ron Schuler's Parlour Tricks: Success at Plymouth
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