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- colony formed by the Pilgrims when they arrived at Plymouth Rock in 1620; it was absorbed into the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691
How To Use Plymouth Colony In A Sentence
- The success of the Plymouth colony thus attracted more Europeans and set off what we call the "Great Puritan Migration.
- The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, to commemorate the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony after a harsh winter.
- Thanksgiving is a celebration that commemorates the harvest reaped by the Plymouth colony in 1621, following their arrival at Plymouth Rock in 1620.
- The first official Thanksgiving in America took place in Plymouth colony, Massachusetts in October 1621.
- Thanksgiving is a celebration that commemorates the harvest reaped by the Plymouth colony in 1621, following their arrival at Plymouth Rock in 1620.
- Plymouth Colony, seeking a better harbor than that of Plymouth Bay, claimed the eastern mainland and the Hog, Conanicut, and Aquidneck Islands. History of American Women
- These issues came to a head in March 1675 when a Christian Indian informed authorities of the Plymouth Colony that the Wampanoag sachem, Metacom (‘King Philip’ to the English), was plotting all-out war.
- As a historical, national and religious holiday, Thanksgiving Day began with the English in Plymouth Colony.
- Arriving at Plymouth Colony too late to grow many crops, and lacking fresh food, the Pilgrims suffered terribly during the winter of 1620-1621.
