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The Scrooby Pilgrims |
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The Mayflower sighted land at Cape Cod on November 9th, 1620. After failing to reach their secured land in Virginia, they finally anchored at Provincetown on November 21, on land outside their agreed area of settlement.
John Brewster's room in the Old Manor House in Scrooby
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Worried by the rumours that the non-Separatists on board would defy them and cause trouble, the Separatists drew up an agreement, entitled the Mayflower Compact, to establish a degree of law and order. On completion of the signatures, John Carver was elected first governor by the Separatists. The compact became the basis of government in the Plymouth Colony.
The first winter incurred by the Separatists was unforgiving. Nearly half of passengers who had survived the voyage died as a result of the harsh weather, illness and the poor diet available to them. Those who did live proved to be a sturdy lot. Their determination to survive, and prosper, in their new homeland ultimately meant the settlement thrived and their beliefs spread elsewhere.
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