The Pilgrims: Persecution, Flight, and Arrival in Plymouth
Channel: Adventures in Myth and History
Date: 2022-12-01

This video looks at the rise of the Puritan separatists who became the Pilgrims, their escape to Holland, and why they left for America. I also describe their arrival in the New World and their search for a place to settle, a place they called Plymouth Plantation.

Table of Contents:
00:00 - Introduction
01:46 - Who were the Pilgrims?
02:22 - Calvinism and Congregationalism
04:33 - Puritan Separatism
05:39 - The Leidenists (the Pilgrims)
07:31 - Preparing for the New World
09:59 - Problems with Preparations and Funding
10:50 - The Speedwell
11:31 - Leaving Holland
11:53 - The Mayflower
12:14 - Southampton Fracture
12:40 - Departing Southampton 
13:02 - Dartmouth Challenges
13:29 - Leaving Dartmouth, but once again...
13:40 - Sabotage, Loss of the Speedwell
14:52 - Arrival at Cape Cod
15:42 - Shooting the Rip
17:03 - The Mayflower Compact
18:04 - Marker
19:55 - First Anchorage
20:16 - First Steps in the New World
22:26 - Second Exploration
23:34 - Finding Plymouth, and Unhappy Native Americans

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Video Script and  Selected Bibliography:  https://adventuresinsecurity.com/Mythistory/The_Pilgrims_Video_Script.pdf

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Selected Bibliography
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Baker, P. (2022). The Plymouth Colony Patent: setting the stage. https://pilgrimhall.org/pdf/The_Plymouth_Colony_Patent.pdf

Bouwsma, W. J. (2018). Calvinism | Description & History. In Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Calvinism

Bradford, W. (1898). Bradford’s history of “Plimoth plantation.” Wright And Potter.

Goertzen, J. (2018, November 20). How 102 Pilgrims crammed inside the Mayflower a year before their first Thanksgiving. The Mercury News; The Mercury News. https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/20/ahead-of-thanksgiving-day-2017-a-look-back-inside-the-mayflower/

Kraby, C. (2017, July 27). The Five Points of Calvinism – Defining the Doctrines of Grace. ReasonableTheology.org. https://reasonabletheology.org/five-points-calvinism-defining-doctrines-of-grace/

Mark, J. J. (2021, December 21). Puritans. World History Encyclopedia. https://member.worldhistory.org/Puritans/

Mayflower Compact. (2014). MayflowerHistory.com. MayflowerHistory.com. http://mayflowerhistory.com/mayflower-compact

Philbrick, N. (2007). Mayflower: Voyage, Community, War. New York Penguin Books.

Plymouth Mass First Church. (1920). Plymouth Church Records, 1620-1859. In Google Books. The Society.