Travel back to 1621 and learn the story of the First Thanksgiving! After a hard winter, the Pilgrims at Plymouth and the Wampanoag people came together to share a harvest feast. We’ll explore how the Pilgrims survived with the help of...

The period from 1620 to 1763 was a pivotal era that defined the relationship between Europe and North America. In this timeline video, learn how events in Europe influenced the colonization of North America and eventually solidified...

English settlers known as the Pilgrims founded the first permanent English settlement in North America, the Plymouth Colony.

The arrival of the Mayflower on the shores of Cape Cod in 1620 signaled the beginning of a new age of European colonization in North America. But why did the Pilgrims and Strangers want to migrate to the New World? Who were they? And...

In September 1620, a group of colonists left England to make a new life. By the time they reached North America, they had written the Mayflower Compact: a document that would lay the groundwork for democracy in the U.S.

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Dr. Forrester tells the story of the Plymouth Colony and how difficult life must have been for the early settlers like the Pilgrims and the Puritans.

Dr. Forrester talks about the variety of immigrants who have come to America and the various reasons they came. She then talks about the immigration center at Ellis Island.

“The Puritans” discusses who the Puritans were, why they left England, and what colonies they founded in the New World.

A short agreement by the Pilgrims and other colonists on board the Mayflower set in motion a system of government that inspired our country’s founding documents.

This video will discuss the establishment of the New England colonies and early colonial life there.

Learn about the Mayflower, the ship that took the Pilgrims from England to Massachusetts.

Once upon a time, 102 people on a merchant ship called the Mayflower sailed out across the Atlantic Ocean. Leaving Plymouth, in southwestern England, on September 16th, 1620, the ship included 35 members of a Puritan group...

This video is a lesson about the history and traditions of Thanksgiving in the United States. It covers topics such as the voyage of the Mayflower, the help provided by Native Americans, the first Thanksgiving feast, the establishment of...

Author Bhu Srinivasan says the Transatlantic voyage came with a big price tag. He explains how the trip was financed and explains why capitalism is more than just an ideology in America.

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House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle leads a ceremony alongside the Thames to mark the 400th anniversary of the safe return of the Mayflower, which took the Pilgrims to the New World in 1620.



Among those present was...