Plymouth Plantation Virtual Field Trip

Plymouth Plantation Virtual Field Trip

Join our class as we learn about the historical importance of the Plymouth colony

The Mayflower Compact

Reasons for founding Plymouth Colony

"In the name of God, Amen. We whose names are under-written, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign Lord, King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, etc.

Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine our selves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod, the eleventh of November [New Style, November 21], in the year of the reign of our sovereign lord, King James, of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Dom. 1620."

• Puritans left England in order to obtain religious freedoms
• left England on September 16, 1920 on the Mayflower with 102 passengers
• spent 65 days at sea
• November 21, 1620 landed off the coast of present-day Provincetown and signed the "Mayflower Compact"
• "Mayflower Compact" signed in order to ensure equal laws for the good of the colony
• Finally landed in Plymouth on December 26,1620
• began building the town for the harsh winter
• unfortunately lost half of the colonists due to illness and climate by the end of the first winter

References

http://mashpeewampanoagtribe.com/timeline2.html

http://www.wampanoagtribe.net/pages/index

http://nativepeoplephotographer.typepad.com/native_american_stock_pho/2010/11/index.html

Plymouth Plantation- a 1627 English Village

http://www.seeplymouth.com/things-to-do/plymouth-rock

http://www.plimoth.org/what-see-do/wampanoag-homesite

http://www.plimoth.org/what-see-do/mayflower-ii

http://www.plimoth.org/what-see-do/mayflower-ii/journey-mayflower

http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/plymouth/

http://www.pilgrimhall.org/compact.htm

• small farming and maritime community

Mayflower II- Replica of the original Mayflower

• "It is well situated upon a high hill close unto the seaside… In this plantation is about twenty houses, four or five of which are very fair and pleasant, and the rest (as time will serve) shall be made better. And this town is in such manner that it makes a great street between the houses, and at the upper end of the town there is a strong fort, both by nature and art, with six pieces of reasonable good artillery mounted thereon… This town is paled about with pale of eight foot long, or thereabouts, and in the pale are three great gates…. And lastly, the town is furnished with a company of honest men…" - account of the English Village by Emmanuel Altham in 1623

Wampanoag Homesite

Why is it Important to us?

• 17th century Wampanoag Native Americans lived in coexistance with the new Pilgrims- known as the "Pahtuksut Wampanoags"
• live in Wampanoag "wetu" houses
• People in the Wampanoag Village are NOT role players, they are actual Native people

Where Is It?

• Location of the 1st Pilgrim colony in the United States
• provides us with a glimpse of colonial life and interaction with Native Americans
• Helps us to understand why the Puritans came to North America and how the colony was established
• Contributes to the founding of the United States of America

Follow link for Interactive Map:

http://www.plimoth.org/media/mayflower-2/index.html

Plymouth Rock

SOL Standard USI.5

USI.5 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the factors that shaped colonial America by

a) describing the religious and economic events and conditions that led to the colonization of

America;

b) describing life in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies, with emphasis on

how people interacted with their environment to produce goods and services, including

examples of specialization and interdependence;

c) describing colonial life in America from the perspectives of large landowners, farmers,

artisans, women, free African Americans, indentured servants, and enslaved African

Americans;

d) identifying the political and economic relationships between the colonies and Great Britain.