The Voyage
The ship groaned as the waves desperately pushed at its bow. As I lay in the darkness, I could feel warmth radiate from the woman slumped over beside of me. Men were yelling above deck, but their shouts were blurred out due to the crashing waves. The sounds began to fade as my vision grew blacker, then I woke up. As soon as my eyelids shot open, I heard people screaming. I staggered up, immediately regretting the choice. The room swayed as I struggled to stay on my feet. This was what living on the Mayflower for sixty-six days felt like. My mother, my brother, and I had been pilgrims on the voyage. We decided to leave England for the “New World” for religious freedom. Over one hundred of us boarded the ship in 1620.
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For example, my brother would often start to feel queasy. Anyways, violent storms would batter our merchant ship. One of the storms had been so rough that a support beam had broke. Thankfully, a “great iron screw” had been brought along just in case. At the end of the expedition, only one man had died and two children were born. (Mayflower and Mayflower Compact.) Landrem 2
Sometime after we arrived to shore, the Pilgrims decided to form a colony. It had been called the Plymouth colony. Although, we had just created this colony, we needed a basic set of laws and structure to achieve a civilized society. To solve the issue, the colony’s first set of laws were the Mayflower Compact. The Mayflower Compact bounded together each Pilgrim, whether they be Separatist or Puritan. On November 11th, 1620, the Mayflower Compact was signed by forty-one men from the Plymouth colony.
As I have settled down to write this, I realized that the Pilgrims have changed drastically. This had started out as an idea, a thought by many. Now that idea, that thought, has become a reality. However, we should worry for the upcoming winters. The harsh temperatures could bury us beneath the snow, frozen and
The ship groaned as the waves desperately pushed at its bow. As I lay in the darkness, I could feel warmth radiate from the woman slumped over beside of me. Men were yelling above deck, but their shouts were blurred out due to the crashing waves. The sounds began to fade as my vision grew blacker, then I woke up. As soon as my eyelids shot open, I heard people screaming. I staggered up, immediately regretting the choice. The room swayed as I struggled to stay on my feet. This was what living on the Mayflower for sixty-six days felt like. My mother, my brother, and I had been pilgrims on the voyage. We decided to leave England for the “New World” for religious freedom. Over one hundred of us boarded the ship in 1620.
As we …show more content…
For example, my brother would often start to feel queasy. Anyways, violent storms would batter our merchant ship. One of the storms had been so rough that a support beam had broke. Thankfully, a “great iron screw” had been brought along just in case. At the end of the expedition, only one man had died and two children were born. (Mayflower and Mayflower Compact.) Landrem 2
Sometime after we arrived to shore, the Pilgrims decided to form a colony. It had been called the Plymouth colony. Although, we had just created this colony, we needed a basic set of laws and structure to achieve a civilized society. To solve the issue, the colony’s first set of laws were the Mayflower Compact. The Mayflower Compact bounded together each Pilgrim, whether they be Separatist or Puritan. On November 11th, 1620, the Mayflower Compact was signed by forty-one men from the Plymouth colony.
As I have settled down to write this, I realized that the Pilgrims have changed drastically. This had started out as an idea, a thought by many. Now that idea, that thought, has become a reality. However, we should worry for the upcoming winters. The harsh temperatures could bury us beneath the snow, frozen and