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Colonial America: Plymouth Colony 1620 – A short history of Plymouth Colony hosted at U-S-History.com, includes a map of all of the New England colonies. The Plymouth Colony Archive Project Archived March 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine – A collection of primary sources documents and secondary source analysis related to Plymouth Colony.
Detail of map of Plymouth, Devon circa 1600. I am fairly certain this map is out of copyright. Copies are available from Plymouth Central Library, Devon UK. Note on the map St Andrew's Church to the lower centre left and Charles church to the upper centre. Charles church clearly does not have a roof or spire at this point.
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The Puritans in England first sent smaller groups in the mid-1620s to establish colonies, buildings, and food supplies, learning from the Pilgrims' harsh experiences of winter in the Plymouth Colony. In 1623, the Plymouth Council for New England (successor to the Plymouth Company) established a small fishing village at Cape Ann under the ...
The Plymouth Company founded the Popham Colony on the Kennebec River, but it was short-lived. The Plymouth Council for New England sponsored several colonization projects, culminating with Plymouth Colony in 1620 which was settled by English Puritan separatists, known today as the Pilgrims . [ 7 ]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Plymouth Colony — a British colony in existence from 1620 to 1692, ... History of Plymouth Colony (3 C) K.
Thomas remained in Plymouth, working as a surveyor of roads and as a rate-assessor, among numerous other minor positions. In the land division of 1623, he was paired with William Beale, the two of them receiving two “akers” (acres). He was a Purchaser, that group involved in Plymouth colony investments and received a number of land grants. [8]
A sketch of Plymouth, c. 1600. During the 16th century, Plymouth was the home port for a number of successful maritime traders, among them William Hawkins, who made the first English expeditions to West Africa in the 1530s; and his son Sir John Hawkins, who led England's first foray into the slave trade. [18]