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| The colonists began their trip with two ships: | the Mayflower and the Speedwell. |
| The Speedwell leaked so badly | that the ship was left behind in England. |
| Some of the passengers were Separatists and they called themselves "Saints" and called the other passengers "Strangers", however today | we refer to all of the passengers on the Mayflower as Pilgrims or colonist. |
| There were many storms during the 66-day voyage but only | One sailor and one passenger died during the journey and a baby boy, Oceanus Hopkins was born during the trip. |
| The Mayflower reached Provincetown on | November 11, 1620. |
| There were many native tribes living in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island (24,000 people at the time the Pilgrims landed). | These tribes were part of |
| A brief fight occurred between a group of colonists and | some Nauset Wampanoag. |
| The Natives attacked the colonists because | some of their tribe had been captured and sold into slavery in the past. |
| The men signed the Mayflower Compact, | which was an agreement on how the colony would be governed. |
| The colonists, or Pilgrims, as they are commonly called, decided to settle in | Plymouth. |
| The Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth Harbor on | December 16, 1620. |
| The Patuxet Wampanoag had lived in Plymouth before the Pilgrims. | Almost all Patuxet died in a plague that occurred between 1616 and 1619. |
| While the Pilgrims were building houses onshore in Plymouth, | Most of the people lived on the Mayflower. |
| People began to get very sick. | They had pneumonia and scurvy. |
| Poor food, exposure to bad weather and the stress of the voyage | caused the illnesses. |
| Two or three Pilgrims died every day during the first two months that they were in Plymouth; | 47 Pilgrims died during the first year. |
| The Mayflower and her crew returned to England on April 5, 1621 all of the colonists | chose to remain in Plymouth. |
