What: The Pilgrims and the Mayflower Compact Why: Connection to SS Components: Geography, Politics, History

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What The Pilgrims and the Mayflower CompactWhy
Connection to SS Components Geography, Politics,
History

• Do Now What were some reasons why Europeans and
  English colonists went to the New World? Give
  examples.

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I. Separatists

• Groups of people who opposed the official
  religion of England The Protestant Church of
  England
• Puritans wanted to change the church
• Pilgrims wanted to completely separate and create
  a new church
• Pilgrims left England in 1608 and went to the
  Netherlands

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II. Mayflower Compact

• Pilgrims left to go to Jamestown in 1620
• The Mayflower ship landed in Cape Cod,
  Massachusetts because of strong storms
• Pilgrims created a document (compact) on the ship
  to establish a government with fair laws
  prevent disorder and chaos

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