English people in America

• Previous history

• Arrival in America

Previous history

• A lot of English people feeling that the Church had not completed the task begun by the Reformation wanted to leave England

• They sailed to Amsterdam in Holland to escape what they saw as religious persecution

• They stayed twelve years near Leiden (Netherlands), but by 1617 they thought it was the best to move to the new world

Arrival in America

• In a storm in autumn, the Mayflower arrived after two months at the American coast

• As they realized that they had to do a long voyage to reach their initial goal, the Pilgrims changed the original plan

• So they stayed at the American coast

• They lived there with their own rules

Arrival in America

• In this picture, you can see some English people arriving at the American coast

The Mayflower

• The pilgrim fathers came with the Mayflower from England to America

• It‘s an important ship for English people