The mayflower
The journey of the mayflower from Plymouth to America changed the history of the world
The mayflower set off for the new world from Plymouth with the first English colonists on board in 1620. The travellers were Pilgrims (people who make a journey in order to visit a religious site) escaping from religious persecution and poverty Just imagine: if there had been religious freedom in England at the time, the history of the world would be very different There might never have been a United States or, at least, it probably would have been very different from how it is today
What kind of people were these Pilgrims to the New World? What did they take with them on that historic voyage? On board the Mayflower, there were tailors, a printer, merchants, shopkeepers and hatters and hatters and with them they carried the most useless baggage They were not very well prepared for the dangers they were going to face. One pilgrim, William Mullins, packed 126 pairs of shoes and 13 pairs of boots. It would have been more useful, if he had taken a cow or a horse; it would have been easier to start producing food and farming the land. The captain was a man with the nickname ‘Captain Shrimp’ because he was so small. If there had been a hunter or two on board, it would have made it easier for the settlers to survive. Many died after a few weeks in the New World.