Pilgrims Advertisement Pilgrims Definitions(1) Example SentencesWord of the DayQuiz Advertisement A group of EnglishPuritans, persecuted in their own country, who emigrated to America. The first group arrived on theMayflowerin 1620. They landed atPlymouth Rock, in what is nowMassachusetts, and ...
Winthrop soon established Boston as the capital of Massachusetts Bay Colony, which would become the most populous and prosperous colony in the region. Compared with later groups who founded colonies in New England, such as the Puritans, the Pilgrims of Plymouth failed to achieve lasting economic ...