- The Pilgrims began their voyage using two ships sailing together. Why did they return to England and leave the second ship (the SPEEDWELL) behind?
- Where did most passengers live on the MAYFLOWER?
- Halfway across the Atlantic, what was used to save the MAYFLOWER when a bad storm caused one of the main wooden beams supporting one of the ship's main wooden beams to crack?
- Which Billington nearly blew up the MAYFLOWER when he shot his father's musket inside the ship near an open barrel of gunpowder, and how old was he?
- Where was the MAYFLOWER supposed to land, and why did it land off the coast of Cape Cod instead?
- Why didn't the Pilgrims settle in Provincetown, where they first landed on November 21, 1620? (Instead, they settled in what is now Plymouth, MA.)
- How many of the 102 passengers survived the first winter (1620-1621)?
- Which Wampanoag became an interpreter for Massasoit (the Wampanoag leader) and the Pilgrims? Also, how did he learn how to speak English?
- When were there enough houses so that everyone could now live on land instead of living on the MAYFLOWER anchored offshore?
- When did the MAYFLOWER return to England? How long did it take?
- Name the next two ships which brought new colonists to Plimoth Colony. Also give the number of passengers on each ship along with each date of landing.
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