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Why did they draw up the Mayflower Compact?

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Why did they draw up the Mayflower Compact?

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n order to establish themselves as a legitimate colony under these dubious circumstances, 41 of the Saints and Strangers drafted and signed a document they called the Mayflower Compact.  This Compact promised to create a “civil Body Politick” governed by elected officials and “just and equal laws.” It also swore allegiance to the English king.

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Did the pilgrims make friends with any of the Indians? 

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Did the pilgrims make friends with any of the Indians? 

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Yes, because of the help the Native American Indians gave to the Pilgrims. Such as, to use dead fish as fertilizer to make the soil rich for growing crops.

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What was it like when the pilgrims first walked on land in the new world?

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What was it like when the pilgrims first walked on land in the new world?

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When the Pilgrims first came on to the land of the New World, they might have looked around to take in their surroundings and hunt for food. They probably searched shelter for their wives and children.

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It was terrifying because the ship was really cold so they couldn't make a fire and that meant they couldn't have worm food. Also because they tried there best to stay alive

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What was the first Thanksgiving like and what did they eat?

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What was the first Thanksgiving like and what did they eat?

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Due of Squanto's help, the Pilgrims had a very successful harvest in October and had plenty of food for the upcoming winter. The Pilgrim's Governor William Bradford announced a celebration of thanksgiving sometime in October. The food lasted for 3 days. The meal consisted of deer, corn, shellfish, vegetables and roasted meat.

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How did the pilgrims survive the first winter? 

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How did the pilgrims survive the first winter? 

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They survived the first winter by eating cold food because they couldn't build a fire and they just about survived te the temperature.

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The Pilgrim ship Mayflower was a typical English merchant ship of the early 17th century. Very likely Mayflower measured about 100 feet in length from the forward end at the beak of her prow aft to the tip of her stern superstructure. She was about 25 feet at her widest point, with about 12 feet of keel below the waterline. William Bradford estimated that Mayflower had a cargo volume of 180 tons. What is known on the basis of records from that time that have survived is that she could certainly accommodate 180 casks of wine in her cargo hold. The casks were great barrels that each held hundreds of gallons of wine.

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A man named Samoset went somewhere and a few days later, he came back with an English speaking Indian named Squanto. He taught the pilgrims how to hunt fish and to grow corn

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No, Only half of the people on the crew survived during the first winter because the temperature was really cold and because the pilgrims never had time to plant crops for the winter.

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While the pilgrims were on there journey to find The New World, it took them several days to find it. Because the ship was made out of wood they couldn't build a fire. They had to have cold food, some people got badly sick and some people even died.

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During the early 1600's the government of England would only allow the citizens to belong to one Church, which is known as The Church Of England. Due to the government's little tolerance for religious freedom, some people wanted to make religion "pure" again and left for Holland in 1609. The people who left England as Pilgrims are known as Separatists. Being a Separatist was against the law of England.