Pilgrims
Mayflower's devout passengers
The Pilgrims were English Separatists who sailed on the Mayflower and established Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620.
They sought religious freedom from the Church of England.
American Thanksgiving mythology centers on a harvest feast the Pilgrims shared with the Wampanoag people: The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. (Lowercase pilgrims means religious travelers generally.)
1620 colonial transport vessel
- ThanksgivingAutumn gratitude holiday
- PuritansEnglish Protestant reformers
- colonistsSettlers in new territory
- MassachusettsNortheastern colonial state
Plymouth Rock · William Bradford · Wampanoag · Squanto · harvest · settlement · New England · Leiden
Adult-only baptism adherent
- QuakersPacifist Protestant denomination
- MennonitesProtestant Anabaptist denomination
- reformationProcess of improving institutions
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
Mayflower
1620 colonial transport vessel
- ThanksgivingAutumn gratitude holiday
- PuritansEnglish Protestant reformers
- colonistsSettlers in new territory
Massachusetts · Plymouth Rock · William Bradford · Wampanoag · Squanto · harvest · settlement · New England · Leiden · religious freedom
Anabaptist
Adult-only baptism adherent
- QuakersPacifist Protestant denomination
- MennonitesProtestant Anabaptist denomination
- reformationProcess of improving institutions
nonconformity · Church of England · dissenters · religious freedom
- American HistoryAmerican Revolution, Revolutionary War, colonial era, founding fathers, Declaration of Independence
- Colonial SettlersPuritans, Dutch settlers, indentured servants, freemen, proprietors
- colonistscolonists, settler, colonials, colonist, Puritans
- New England historyMassachusetts, Boston, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Puritans
- English PuritanismPuritanism, Puritans, strict morals, godly, piety
- social studiescivics, social studies, maps, economics, community
PilgrimsAnglicans
Church of England members
Church of England · conformists · established church · religious establishment
- pilgrim hatPuritan settler headwear
- pilgrimage siteSacred destination for worship
- spiritual pilgrimageReligious journey for enlightenment
- pilgrimage routePath to sacred destination
- religious pilgrimagesDevotional travel to shrines
- Pilgrim's ProgressAllegorical journey to salvation