The Pilgrims and the Settlement of the Early American Colonies

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The Pilgrims and the Settlement of the Early American Colonies

When the new world was discovered, the people who were to first settle there were supposed to achieve fame, farmland, and a better life. They came to practice religion freely, to escape persecution, become land owners, and establish trading businesses. Now while people believed that they would have a better life in the new world, in reality life there was just as hard, if not harder. But was all this worth the price of their lives? Had they any idea of the hardship, sickness and famine that would be inflicted on them? They didn't, because no one told them about how deadly the journey they were about to embark on was.

From the start the pilgrims had bad fortune. They were originally supposed to be two ships heading for the New World, the Mayflower and Speedwell, but because the Speedwell was leaking, the settlers decided not to use it. A map depecting the early colonies shows the original Plymouth colony in Massachusettes, it's presumed that they encountered a storm which had brought them to Massachusettes ...

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