The Mayflower: The perilous voyage that changed the world

50 Pages·2020·71.068 MB·English

by  Libby Romero

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Author Libby Romero
Illustrator Olga Baumert
Senior Editor Shannon Beatty
Editor Sophie Parkes
Senior Art Editor Claire Patane
Designer Eleanor Bates
Editorial Assistant Becky Walsh
Subject Consultant Tom Begley, Plimoth Plantation
Senior Production Editor Nikoleta Parasaki
Senior Production Controller Inderjit Bhullar
Jacket Coordinator Isobel Walsh
Picture Researcher Sakshi Saluja
Managing Editor Penny Smith
Managing Art Editor Mabel Chan
Creative Director Helen Senior
Publishing Director Sarah Larter
First American Edition, 2020
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Introd u c t i o
Welcome to the story of the Mayflower!
Within these pages you will read about the exciting
voyage of the Mayflower. You will discover the
remarkable events that took place when the
Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth.
Find out why the Pilgrims left Europe in the first place,
and what happened when they reached their new
home. Learn about who they met there, and how the
events that happened over their first harsh winter
changed the course of American history.
Discover the real story of the first Thanksgiving, and
how it shaped the America we know today.
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Conte n t s
6 Where it all began
8 A home in Holland
10 A new plan
12 A tale of two ships
14 All aboard!
16 Inside the Mayflower
18 The long journey
20 Finding the way
22 Below deck
24 Land ahoy!
26 The Mayflower Compact
28 The arrival
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30 Exploring the land
32 First encounter
34 A difficult winter
36 Forging a friendship
38 Moving forward
40 The first Thanksgiving
42 The Mayflower II
44 The Mayflower’s legacy
46 Glossary and index
48 Acknowledgments

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England
Where it all began
In March 1590, William Bradford was born
into a family of farmers in Austerfield, England.
When he was a young boy, both of his parents and his
grandparents died, so he went to live with his uncles.
Bradford was a sickly child, so he couldn’t work
in the fields. Instead, he spent his days reading
the Bible. He thought a lot about how people
around him worshipped God. By the time
he was 12, he knew he wanted
something different.
William
Bradford
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Bradford joined a religious
group known as the Separatists.
Then he met William Brewster in the nearby town of
Scrooby. Bradford went to a church service at Brewster’s
home and found just what he had been looking for. Led
by a young minister named John Robinson, the people
believed that faith and discipline should touch every part
of their lives. They also thought that the Church of England,
with its fancy rituals and ceremonies, was not a true church.
It was this last belief that forced the group, known
as Separatists, to meet in secret. England’s King
James I was the head of the Church of England,
and he saw the Separatists as a threat.
When the congregation was discovered,
some members were thrown in prison.
Others were harassed. It was time for the
group—including 17-year-old William
Bradford—to leave England.
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A home in Holland
The Separatists planned to escape to
Amsterdam, Holland. But it wouldn’t be
easy —King James refused to give
them permission to leave England.
They had to find a way to flee in secret. In
Scotland
1608 they hired a captain they could trust to
take them to Amsterdam. On the night of the
voyage, most of the men made it onto the
ship. Then soldiers appeared, and the
captain panicked and set sail. The men
continued on to Amsterdam, but their
families were sent to jail. It would
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