new plymouth, 1620-1691

Huddled below deck, battling stormy seas and hunger ... two cartoon flies ... feel the Pilgrims' hardships first-hand as the Mayflower makes its long, historic journey across the Atlantic from England to America.

Looks at the conditions and hardships faced by early colonists coming to America as passengers on the famous Pilgrim ship.

Transports readers to the Plymouth Colony and the first Thanksgiving, examining the hardships experienced by the Pilgrims, their attempts to build a successful colony, and their changing relationship with the local Wampanoag Indians.

Examines the Mayflower Compact, the first written framework for a government set up in what would become the United States.

Explores how some of colonial North America's first towns were started and what life was like for the people who lived in them.

In order to escape religious persecution, a group of English Separatists set sail for America in 1620, hoping to establish a new colony.

By his good fortune John survived the desperate crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, and he earned his keep ashore by helping to scout a safe harbor and landing site for his bedraggled and ill shipmates. But would his luck continue amid the dangers and adversity of the Pilgrims' lives in New England?.

Mary, Remember, and Bartholomew are among the pilgrims who survive the harsh early years in America and see New Plymouth grow into a prosperous colony.