2006-11-20 08:03:15 · 8 answers · asked by Ray D 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Because the Panama Canal hadn't been built yet.
2006-11-20 08:06:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually Addison and Greeneyes are partially correct. They actually landed at Plymouth because they needed to make a beer run. Sounds funny I know, but they had run out of water long before that and when they ran out of lager, well that was the last straw. Plymouth seemed like a nice place so why go further?
2006-11-20 16:17:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah, I think Addison is correct. I believe the Mayflower landed in Plymouth strictly by accident. A storm blew them off course. They were headed to Virginia to join other colonists. I actually can prove that I have an ancestor that came on the Mayflower.
2006-11-20 16:11:01 · answer #3 · answered by greeneyes 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, they weren't originally headed for New England. They ran out of beer, of all things, and landed in New England to replenish their supplies. A place had been mapped out for them to live in Virginia. I know--an ancestor of mine was a mapmaker who lived in Jamestown, and he helped draw up plans for the site.
2006-11-21 11:17:59 · answer #4 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually the were heading for the colony in Virginia, but the boat land in Plymouth so they stayed there.
2006-11-20 16:07:42 · answer #5 · answered by Homer Habilius III 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Becuase there ship sailed there.
2006-11-20 16:05:51 · answer #6 · answered by David B. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they were blown off course and they left their homes so they could have religous freedom.
2006-11-20 16:12:06 · answer #7 · answered by Poptart 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's where they landed.
2006-11-20 16:05:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋