A group of one hundred Protestants, whose …
Years: 1620 - 1620
November
A group of one hundred Protestants, whose disapproval of the Church of England has led them to self-imposed exile in the New World, had obtained a license in 1620 from the Virginia company to settle somewhere along the Hudson River.
The Mayflower arrives so late in the season that the Puritans agree with the captain’s decision not to risk the passage around Cape Cod, and drop anchor in Massachusetts Bay instead.
Locations
Groups
- Puritans
- London Company, The (also called the Virginia Company of London)
- Plymouth Company, The (also called the Virginia Company of Plymouth)
