1. AIM: What was life like in the Plymouth colony?

2. Early steps to colonization:
Included present day Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine
Created due to religious conflicts in England
English church was too influenced by Catholic priests
“Purer” kind of church—Puritans & Separatists

3. Challenges: 100 pilgrims sailed to the new world on the Mayflower
(on their way to VA but blown off course)
Harsh winter and weather conditions
Squanto showed colonists how to grow corn

4. Mayflower Compact: agreement to obey all their government laws
Politics:
Mayflower Compact: agreement to obey all their government laws
Pilgrims wanted to be self-governed***roots of democracy
General court, which had a form of legislative and judicial power

5. Economics:
Relied on fishing, lumber, shipbuilding, triangular trade, rum, whaling