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Anna Scott

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American History Hit
The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?

Well, did they? Yeah, I mean, that's a bit like Vikings with horns on the helmets. It's one of those myths that gets carried around.

American History Hit
The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?

Well, did they? Yeah, I mean, that's a bit like Vikings with horns on the helmets. It's one of those myths that gets carried around.

American History Hit
The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?

Yeah, that's right. So they've made all of these preparations for the voyage. They've bought the food that they think they need. They know that they've got this debt to pay. They know that they're going to have to work hard. And you've got to remember as well, they don't know where they're going. They don't know what it's going to be like when they get there.

American History Hit
The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?

Yeah, that's right. So they've made all of these preparations for the voyage. They've bought the food that they think they need. They know that they've got this debt to pay. They know that they're going to have to work hard. And you've got to remember as well, they don't know where they're going. They don't know what it's going to be like when they get there.

American History Hit
The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?

Yeah, that's right. So they've made all of these preparations for the voyage. They've bought the food that they think they need. They know that they've got this debt to pay. They know that they're going to have to work hard. And you've got to remember as well, they don't know where they're going. They don't know what it's going to be like when they get there.

American History Hit
The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?

And the first thing that you've got to do is build your own village. I mean, where are they going to live? It's incredibly, the prospect of what they've got to do is incredibly difficult. in a land that they've never been to before. And they must have in mind that they may not make it. They've heard the stories of other people that have done it and it's gone really badly wrong.

American History Hit
The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?

And the first thing that you've got to do is build your own village. I mean, where are they going to live? It's incredibly, the prospect of what they've got to do is incredibly difficult. in a land that they've never been to before. And they must have in mind that they may not make it. They've heard the stories of other people that have done it and it's gone really badly wrong.

American History Hit
The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?

And the first thing that you've got to do is build your own village. I mean, where are they going to live? It's incredibly, the prospect of what they've got to do is incredibly difficult. in a land that they've never been to before. And they must have in mind that they may not make it. They've heard the stories of other people that have done it and it's gone really badly wrong.

American History Hit
The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?

It really does. I think there's some interesting things that they've done differently, though. What is it that makes this particular voyage different? There were a lot of voyages that were about to happen around this time. And this becomes the famous one because of William Bradford's diary. He was going to become the colony governor. He wrote the history down.

American History Hit
The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?

It really does. I think there's some interesting things that they've done differently, though. What is it that makes this particular voyage different? There were a lot of voyages that were about to happen around this time. And this becomes the famous one because of William Bradford's diary. He was going to become the colony governor. He wrote the history down.

American History Hit
The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?

It really does. I think there's some interesting things that they've done differently, though. What is it that makes this particular voyage different? There were a lot of voyages that were about to happen around this time. And this becomes the famous one because of William Bradford's diary. He was going to become the colony governor. He wrote the history down.

American History Hit
The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?

He knew the value of recording their story to underline what they hoped to achieve and then what happened to them. But the other thing is that you've got to remember it was a mixed group of people on the ship and it was men and it was women. So... If you combine those things together, it's a lot easier to have children, unlike in the early years of Jamestown, where it was just the men.

American History Hit
The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?

He knew the value of recording their story to underline what they hoped to achieve and then what happened to them. But the other thing is that you've got to remember it was a mixed group of people on the ship and it was men and it was women. So... If you combine those things together, it's a lot easier to have children, unlike in the early years of Jamestown, where it was just the men.

American History Hit
The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?

He knew the value of recording their story to underline what they hoped to achieve and then what happened to them. But the other thing is that you've got to remember it was a mixed group of people on the ship and it was men and it was women. So... If you combine those things together, it's a lot easier to have children, unlike in the early years of Jamestown, where it was just the men.

American History Hit
The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?

So they've already got this model for trying to establish a colony with what they hope are the right ingredients. But we learn later on that they really only managed to establish themselves because of the help that they get from others, particularly a couple of really important Native Americans that they meet over there.

American History Hit
The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?

So they've already got this model for trying to establish a colony with what they hope are the right ingredients. But we learn later on that they really only managed to establish themselves because of the help that they get from others, particularly a couple of really important Native Americans that they meet over there.

American History Hit
The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?

So they've already got this model for trying to establish a colony with what they hope are the right ingredients. But we learn later on that they really only managed to establish themselves because of the help that they get from others, particularly a couple of really important Native Americans that they meet over there.

American History Hit
The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?

Thanks, Don.

American History Hit
The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?

Thanks, Don.

American History Hit
The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?

Thanks, Don.

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