What makes the story of 102 Pilgrims so unique and important to American history is their unyielding commitment to religious freedom, justice, and civil government.
As Americans gather for Thanksgiving, they celebrate the legacy of the Pilgrims’ success. Lost in the holiday’s mythology are ...
What role did religion play in the genesis of the US? Rejected in their homeland, how did English Puritans become the ...
Why did the Pilgrims leave their old lives behind, to settle a strange alien land?
Long after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1621 and celebrated a successful harvest with a three-day gathering that ...
But as a scholar of both English and American history, I know there are significant differences ... they decided in 1620 to ...
In September 1620, the Mayflower ... as the Pilgrims, weren’t the first to cross the Atlantic – but their voyage turned out to be one of the most storied in American history.
When the first settlers arrived in Jamestown in April 1607 and raised a cross at Cape Henry, claiming the land for England, ...
But as a scholar of both English and American history, I know the two groups have significant ... they decided in 1620 to ...
But history shows a celebration ... jurisdiction of Virginia’s government, the Pilgrims established a self-governing agreement of their own, the Mayflower Compact. Jamestown: On Dec. 4, 1619 ...