1. Thursday 9/10
Describe the circumstances that you believe inspired the following poem. You do not need to copy the poem.
Heap high the board with plenteous cheer, and gather to the feast, and toast the sturdy Pilgrim band, whose courage never ceased.

2. Seeking Religious Freedom
Chapter 3, Section 5

3. Religion in Europe: 1500s Protestant Reformation
Divided Europe into Protestants & Catholics
Led to fierce wars
Established church: a nation’s chosen religion
Persecution: mistreatment of people because of their beliefs

4. Anglican Church Separatists Protestant England’s established church
Known as Church of England
Group of persecuted people in England
Protestant but not Anglican
Wanted to separate from Church of England
Became known as Pilgrims
Separatists

5. Separatists Leave England
Some moved to Netherlands in early 1600s
Worshipped freely
Missed English way of life
Some returned to England
Received charter to set up colony in New World
September 1620: 102 people set sail on Mayflower

7. Arrival in America November 1620 Landed in Massachusetts
Named settlement Plymouth

8. Mayflower Compact Wrote Mayflower Compact Signed by all men aboard
Established unity & laws for the good of the colony as a whole
Established representative government

9. William Bradford
Governor
Led Plymouth for 36 years!

10. Early Hardships Arrived in winter Low food supply
No time to build adequate shelter
Almost half died of starvation & disease

13. Mayflower: Deconstructed

14. Extra Videos Not Used Wampanoag at Plymouth
English at Plymouth
Plymouth: America the Story of Us

15. Sites This Day in History Article Plymouth Website
Plymouth Website