pilgrim fathers

The Pilgrim Fathers

Janelle et Elise

1. Who were they ?

2. The course of the leak

3. The "Mayflower compact" and the 13 Colonies

4. Thanksgiving

5. Consequencies

Who were they ?

Embarkation of the Pilgrims by Robert Walter Weir

• Puritans : go further in their faith
• The "separatist" take shape

The course of the leak

How/Who ?

Why ?

When ?

• The Mayflower
• 35 out of 100 were "Pilgrims Fathers"
• Many Pilgrim Fathers are in reality ancestors of certain presidents of the usa.

• Religious persecution
• The current King at that time : led a repressive policy
• The arrival of the new Archbishop : increases repression
• Looking for a place to freely practice their religion.

• The 16 of September 1620 they fled from Plymouth
• They landed on November 11, 1620 in Massachusetts instead of Hudson River.

The 13 colonies

"The Mayflower Compact"

Jean Leon Gerome Ferris

Thanksgiving

The First Thanksgiving by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris,1621

Consequencies

• Colonization : a major role
• The Star-Spangled Banner
• Protestantism : most important religious group
• A land of refuge

Sources :

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A8res_p%C3%A8lerins https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_aux_%C3%89tats-Unis https://www.futura-sciences.com/sciences/questions-reponses/sciences-histoire-13-colonies-anglaises-amerique-nord-10724/ https://lelephant-larevue.fr/news/cest-arrive-21-novembre-1620-pacte-du-mayflower-fondateur-les-etats-unis/ https://jumelage.org/francais/les-pilgrim-fathers/