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50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the voyage of the
Mayflower. In 1620, a group of Puritans now known as the Pilgrim Fathers set
sail for America to escape the religious persecution they faced in England.
Despite delays, tempests, food shortages, disease and discord, they managed to
establish the colony of Plymouth. This settlement’s success was due in no
small part to the alliance the colonists made with the local Wampanoag tribe,
and the harmony they initially lived in has been immortalised in the American
tradition of Thanksgiving. Other colonists followed their example and flocked
to America in droves, but this led to widespread conflict with the Native
American population, and the true scale of the devastation they wrought has
only been recognised in recent years.

In just 50 minutes you will:
•Find out about the religious persecution that motivated the Pilgrims’ journey
across the Atlantic
•Learn about the early days of the colony they founded in New England
•Understand the conflicts that arose between the colonists and the Native
Americans in the following years

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