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2006-10-03 14:12:00 · 4 answers · asked by Manal A 1 in Education & Reference Homework Help

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Pilgrims or Pilgrim Fathers is the name commonly applied to early settlers of the Plymouth Colony. Their leadership came from a religious congregation who had fled a volatile political environment in the East Midlands of England for the relative calm of Holland in the Netherlands. Concerned with losing their cultural identity, the group later arranged with English investors to establish a new colony in North America. The colonists faced a lengthy series of challenges, from bureaucracy, impatient investors and internal conflicts to sabotage, storms, disease and uncertain relations with the indigenous peoples. The colony, established in 1620, would ultimately succeed, the second to do so among several English attempts. Their story, often embellished, has become a central theme in United States cultural identity.

There is a lot more information at the site listed below.

2006-10-03 14:19:17 · answer #1 · answered by irish_yankee51 4 · 1 0

More than I used to, after reading a book called "Stories of the Pilgrims," by Margaret B. Pumphrey. It's written for children, but it has a great wealth of detail about their daily life, thoughts, and actions. Fascinating stuff! I highly recommend it.
http://www.amazon.com/Stories-Pilgrims-29545-Margaret-Pumphrey/dp/1930092369/sr=8-1/qid=1159924613/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-0206292-1005660?ie=UTF8&s=books

There is also a well-written article in wikipedia on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrims

2006-10-03 21:20:25 · answer #2 · answered by gburgmommy 3 · 1 0

not much-----Came to America on Mayflower in 1620 or there abouts. They were separatist, and eventually formed the colony of Massechuettes??

2006-10-03 21:20:05 · answer #3 · answered by longroad 5 · 1 0

which pilgrims are you referring to, the ones who goes to Makka for haj and omrah? is that what you mean?

2006-10-03 21:21:07 · answer #4 · answered by ♥ amal_dxb ♥ 3 · 0 1

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