The year was 1620 and the English Separatists, also known as the Pilgrims, had been planning their journey to the New World for years. They were a group of devout Christians who felt that the Church of England had strayed from its original principles and sought to establish a new colony where they could worship …
In the early seventeenth century, a single wooden ship crossing the Atlantic carried far more than passengers and cargo. The Mayflower carried fear, hope, desperation, faith, and ambition—elements that would collide on the shores of North America and help shape the future of an entire continent. When the ship finally dropped anchor off the coast …
When forty-one men aboard the Mayflower dipped their quills into ink on November 11, 1620, they were not thinking about textbooks, future democracies, or the birth of a nation. They were thinking about survival. Cold winds whipped across the deck. The smell of damp wood, sickness, and exhaustion clung to the ship. Many passengers were …
