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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.

• Fast Facts

  1. Established: 1620
  2. Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts
  3. Language: English
  4. Religion(s): Puritan, Separatist
  5. Government: Monarchy
  6. Legislature: General Counsel
  7. Disestablished: 1691
  8. Also called The Old Colony
  9. Settlers known as Pilgrims
  10. Landed in Provincetown Harbor: November 11, 1620
  11. Women, children and infirm lived on the Mayflower for six months
  12. William Bradford elected leader after John Carver died
  13. Miles Standish: Military leader
  14. Squanto became an important friend to the settlers

• 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.

• King Philip's War

  King Philip's War, named after the Native American leader Metacomet, or King Philip to the English, raged from 1675 until 1676. Figures estimate that 7 out of every 8 Native Americans were killed, along with 30 out of every 65 English settlers.

• Related Mahalo Pages

  The French and Indian War | Pequot War | Indian Small Pox Epedemic | Massasoit | Squanto | Miles Standish | Wampanoag Tribe | The Pilgrims | Jamestown Colony | Massachusetts Bay Colony | William Bradford

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