British colonization of the Americas Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640)
• Charter given
1620
• First Thanksgiving
1621
• Pequot War
1636–1638
• New England Confederation formed
1643
• King Philip's War
1675–1676
• Disestablished, reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay
1686 1689–1691
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Wampanoag
Dominion of New England
Province of Massachusetts Bay
Plymouth Colony (sometimes Plimouth) was the first permanent English colony in New England from 1620 and the third permanent English colony in America, after Newfoundland and the Jamestown Colony. It was settled by the passengers on the Mayflower at a location that had previously been surveyed and named by Captain John Smith. The settlement served as the capital of the colony and developed as the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts. At its height, Plymouth Colony occupied most of the southeastern portion of Massachusetts. Many of the people and events surrounding Plymouth Colony have become part of American folklore, including the American tradition of Thanksgiving and the monument of Plymouth Rock.[1]: 2
Plymouth Colony was founded by a group of Protestant Separatists initially known as the Brownist Emigration, who came to be known as the Pilgrims. The colony established a treaty with Wampanoag Chief Massasoit which helped to ensure its success; in this, they were aided by Squanto, a member of the Patuxet tribe. Plymouth played a central role in King Philip's War (1675–1678), one of several Indian Wars, but the colony was ultimately merged with the Massachusetts Bay Colony and other territories in 1691 to form the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Despite the colony's relatively short existence, Plymouth holds a special role in American history. Most of the citizens of Plymouth were fleeing religious persecution and searching for a place to worship as they saw fit, rather than being entrepreneurs like many of the settlers of Jamestown, Virginia. The social and legal systems of the colony became closely tied to their religious beliefs, as well as to English custom.[1]: 2
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PlymouthColony (sometimes Plimouth) was the first permanent English colony in New England from 1620 and the third permanent English colony in America...
Plymouth Rock is the historical site of disembarkation of the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded PlymouthColony in December 1620. The Pilgrims did not refer...
first permanent settlement was the PlymouthColony (1620), and the second major settlement was the Massachusetts Bay Colony at Salem in 1629. Settlements that...
north of the previously established PlymouthColony. The territory nominally administered by the Massachusetts Bay Colony covered much of central New England...
Mayflower which brought the English settlers commonly known as Pilgrims to PlymouthColony in Massachusetts. He was hired in Southampton, England as the ship's...
military officer and colonist. He was hired as military adviser for PlymouthColony in present-day Massachusetts, United States by the Pilgrims. Standish...
profits made. The Plymouth Company established the one-year Popham Colony in present-day Maine in 1607, the northern answer to Jamestown Colony. Two ships,...
they considered a "new Promised Land", where they would establish PlymouthColony.: 44 The Pilgrims had originally hoped to reach America by early October...
America included Connecticut Colony, the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Massachusetts Bay Colony, PlymouthColony, and the Province of New...
1674) was a PlymouthColony fur trader, merchant, land purchaser and developer, Captain of the PlymouthColony militia, Magistrate of the colony, and was...
and also later at PlymouthColony. Both Edward Winslow and his brother, Gilbert Winslow signed the Mayflower Compact. In Plymouth he served in a number...
took effect on May 14, 1692, and included the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the PlymouthColony, the Province of Maine, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Nova Scotia...
Pilgrims set sail for the New World from Plymouth, establishing PlymouthColony – the second English colony in what is now the United States of America...
ship Mayflower, which arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts. He was a founding member of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and a signer of the Mayflower Compact...
other passengers when they left England on the Mayflower to settle in PlymouthColony. In later years, he was an executive assistant and personal secretary...
arrived in PlymouthColony on an unknown ship sometime between 1628 and 1632. During his long life he is considered a person of note in PlymouthColony serving...
December 19, 1675. The colonial militia from PlymouthColony, Connecticut Colony, and Massachusetts Bay Colony were led to the main Narragansett settlement...
while trying to locate a suitable location for their settlement. In PlymouthColony records, Doty's name was also spelled variously as Doten (Mayflower...
the establishment of the PlymouthColony, the Province of New Hampshire, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the New Haven Colony, and the Province of Maine...
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