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Plimoth Patuxet is a complex of living history museums in Plymouth, Massachusetts founded in 1947, formerly Plimoth Plantation. It replicates the original settlement of the Plymouth Colony established in the 17th century by the English colonists who became known as the Pilgrims .
Plymouth (/ ˈ p l ɪ m ə θ / ⓘ PLIM-əth; historically also spelled as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town and county seat of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. Located in Greater Boston , the town holds a place of great prominence in American history, folklore, and culture, and is known as "America's Hometown".
Originally, the Pilgrims constructed a fort on top of Burial Hill in 1621-22 (a reconstruction exists in nearby Plimoth Plantation). [4] The Burial Hill fort also served as a meeting house for the colony and for the First Parish Church until 1677. [4] According to tradition, the first grave on Burial Hill was Pilgrim John Howland's. [5]
A virtual field trip is a guided exploration through the World Wide Web that organizes a collection of pre-screened, thematically based web pages into a structured online learning experience. (Foley, 2003). Since 2007, another dynamic and interactive form of a virtual field trip has been – and is – freely available.
Of Plimoth Plantation (1630 and 1651) by William Bradford and Mourt's Relation (1622) by Bradford, Edward Winslow, and others are both accounts written by Mayflower passengers that provide much of the information which we have today regarding the trans-Atlantic voyage and early years of the settlement.
Mayflower II is a reproduction of the 17th-century ship Mayflower, celebrated for transporting the Pilgrims to the New World in 1620. [3] The reproduction was built in Devon, England during 1955–1956, in a collaboration between Englishman Warwick Charlton and Plimoth Patuxet (at the time known as Plimoth Plantation), a living history museum.
Plymouth Plantation may refer to: Of Plymouth Plantation, a book by William Bradford; Plimoth Patuxet, a living museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts, formerly known as Plimoth Plantation; Plymouth Colony (sometimes New Plymouth), the English colonial venture in North America from 1620 to 1691
Orphaned at and early age, he lived with relatives and left home to join the Separatist group and went to Leyden. His first wife, with whom he had one son, died the first winter in the New World. He married again and had four children. He was governor of Plymouth Colony for many years and wrote “History of Plimoth Plantation.”