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They Knew They Were Pilgrims
An ambitious new history of the Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony, published for the 400th anniversary of theMayflower's landing In 1620, separatists from the Church of England set sail across the Atlantic aboard theMayflower. Understanding themselves as spiritual pilgrims, they left to preserve their liberty to worship God in accordance with their understanding of the Bible. There exists, however, an alternative, more dispiriting version of their story. In it, the Pilgrims are religious zealots who persecuted dissenters and decimated the Native peoples through warfare and by stealing their land. The Pilgrims' definition of liberty was, in practice, very narrow. Drawing on original research using underutilized sources, John G. Turner moves beyond these familiar narratives in his sweeping and authoritative new history of Plymouth Colony. Instead of depicting the Pilgrims as otherworldly saints or extraordinary sinners, he tells how a variety of English settlers and Native peoples engaged in a contest for the meaning of American liberty.
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William Bradford: Plymouth Colony's Inspiration
\"William Bradford was the longest-serving and most well-known governor of the Plymouth Colony, one of Britain's earliest settlements in what is now the United States of America. A religious separatists like the other Pilgrims, Bradford served as Plymouth governor four different times, for a total of 30 years, and kept a record of the colony's goings-on that has been handed down as Of Plymouth Plantation.\" (Social Studies for Kids) Read more about the life and work of William Bradford.
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Living History
\"A word of warning: when touring Plimoth Plantation's reproduction of New Plimoth Colony, ca. 1627, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, don't ask the costumed residents anything about George Washington or Thomas Jefferson. The only response you will get is a look of bewilderment. And while you're at it, stay away from questions about the American Revolution. You will hear nothing short of a verbal scorn for your answer.\" (Albany Times Union) Read about visiting the Plimouth Plantation in Plymouth, Mass.
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Mayflower Launch Town Sending Replica for 400th Anniversary
\"The English town of Harwich is building a replica of the Mayflower to send to the U.S. to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the famous trans-Atlantic voyage of the Pilgrims. The ship was built and launched from Norwich but also stopped at Plymouth before crossing the Atlantic Ocean.\" (Social Studies for Kids) Read more about the commemoration of the Pilgrims' voyage.
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