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    the 1580s. Many believe he was born in Lancashire, England. His life in England is largely unknown, his legacy began on the Mayflower. He was hired by the Pilgrims to accompany them on their journey to the New World. The pilgrims hired Miles Standish as a military consultant for their colony. He traveled on the Mayflower along with 102 other hopeful passengers. The Mayflower departed Plymouth, England in September of 1620 and arrived at Cape Cod on November 1620. The voyage lasted 66 days. After…

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    United State’s history, it established rules of the new country. Even though America was established in order to restart and get away from the British, they stole some parts of their own documents for the Constitution, such as the Magna Carta, the Mayflower Compact, and the English Bill of Rights. The Magna Carta influenced the constitution by introducing the British’s idea of limiting the king from having too much power. The Americans implemented this idea to prevent the future leaders of…

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    Do you know how Thanksgiving started? Thanksgiving started in the fall of 1621 Squanto brought the settlers and the Indians together to celebrate the first Thanksgiving after growing a successful crop. Squanto was an Indian who helped the Plymouth settlers. Plymouth was established in 1620.Another colony was established named Jamestown in 1607. Although there are many differences between the two colonies the things they have in common are, had leaders for their colony, faced hardships, and both…

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    men and children of the Separatists decided to head for the New World and pursue a simple life in which they could follow the bible and practice their religion freely. The famous ship on which they sailed across the Atlantic in 1620 was called the Mayflower. After a rough journey, the settlers finally arrived in Cape Cod. This peninsula, that today is a part of Massachusetts, lies…

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    after that the Mayflower left England in July of 1920 it had to turn back twice due to the other ship they were traveling with. The other ship leaked a little bit, and after their second time turning back they just left the leaky ship at England. They decided to have everybody…

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    The colonial experience also influenced the constitution. The colonial experience had many small parts within it such as, the house of burgesses, the mayflower compact, and the declaration of independence. The House of Burgesses was one of the first legislative branches is the colonies. The house of burgesses consisted of the legislative branch which had the upper house. The lower house which was elected by landowning males. We had a king but because the colonies were far away,, they needed a…

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    than what we and Puritans at the time perceived them to be. Through weaving together these primary and secondary sources, Philbrick paints an excellent historical picture of the characters and their respective motives, desires and feelings during Mayflower, making a new and engaging story of the relationship between Pilgrims and their subsequent generations and the indigenous people in…

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    establishment of self-government and representative government in the English Colonies each in their own way. The Magna Carta gave rights that had never been used before. The English Bill of Rights came up with basic rules for self-government. The Mayflower Compact was the first idea in the colony that people should be able to change who and what leads them. The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut declares that everyone should be able to have an opinion in the government. Finally, The Virginia…

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    McWhorter The Framers of the Constitution created a system of government with three distinct and independent branches - the leglislative (Congress), the executive (the President and all of his cabinents and departments), and the judicial the courts). These three branches share power and each power serves as check on the others. Why was this system important to the framers . Do you think this is still an effective system of government? Seperation of powers is an effective system of government.…

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    a colonization attempt that pre-dated the Mayflower. It was the Popham Gorges Colony in Maine in 1607. Another story altogether. Then of course there was Jamestown. Yet, another story. But, I want to concentrate on the story of the Pilgrims and Thanksgiving as they met in 1621 to…

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