13 Colonies: Myth-Conceptions

5.  The "Pilgrims" were "Puritans" who were seeking to "purify" the Church of England. 

All English colonists in the seventeenth century came to the New World seeking religious freedom.

1. The 1st European colony in the New World was in what is now the state of Virginia, and it was founded by the English.

 English colonists viewed alcohol and tobacco as instruments of the devil and banned them from the colonies.

The weapon of choice for English colonists in the 1620s was a gun-the blunderbuss-which featured a bell shaped barrel.

After traveling over 2,700 miles from England to the New World, the "Pilgrims" first came ashore on Plymouth Rock

An "Indian princess" named Pocahontas rescued colonist Captain John Smith from certain death, and later fell in love.

Colonists celebrated the 1st Thanksgiving in Nov. 1621 and it has been a holiday ever since expect during the Civil War

Colonists in New England were friends with Indians and did not fight them, as settlers did later in the American West.

 Early English colonists lived in log cabins.

   The "Pilgrims" founded the first colony in the area now known as "New England."

2. English colonists of the 1620s&30s usually wore black and white clothing with large buckles on their shoes and hats.

 Early English colonists developed strict laws and harsh punishments for those who broke them.

English colonists such as the Pilgrims introduced Christian holidays such as Christmas and Easter to North America.

Enslaved Africans arrived in Colonial America before the Mayflower did.