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Edit: LOL .. good one .. a later Thanksgiving ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTuEqF3Ykug

WARNING .. this one is VERY rough .. the dialogue VERY gruesome .. not checked .. the narrator says its true ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTuFKisYnm8

Plymouth Colony .. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Plymouth Colony .. British colony 1620–1691 ?


Seal of Plymouth Colony


Map of Plymouth Colony showing town locations

Capital .. Plymouth .. Language(s) English .. Religion Puritan, Separatist .. Government Monarchy .. Legislature Plymouth General Court .. History - Established 1620 - First Thanksgiving - Pequot War - King Philip's War 1675–1676 - Part of the Dominion of New England 1686–1688 - Disestablished 1691

Plymouth Colony (sometimes New Plymouth) was an English colonial venture in North America from 1620 to 1691. The first settlement was at New Plymouth, a location previously surveyed and named by Captain John Smith. The settlement, which served as the capital of the colony, is today the modern town of Plymouth, Massachusetts. At its height, Plymouth Colony occupied most of the southeastern portion of the modern state of Massachusetts.

Founded by a group of separatists and anglicans, who together later came to be known as the Pilgrim Fathers, Plymouth Colony was, along with Jamestown, Virginia, one of the earliest successful colonies to be founded by the English in North America and the first sizable permanent English settlement in the New England region. Aided by Squanto, a Native American of the Patuxet people, the colony was able to establish a treaty with Chief Massasoit which helped to ensure the colony's success. The colony played a central role in King Philip's War, one of the earliest of the Indian Wars. Ultimately, the colony was annexed by the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691.

Despite the colony's relatively short history, Plymouth holds a special role in American history. Rather than being entrepreneurs like many of the settlers of Jamestown, a significant proportion of the citizens of Plymouth were fleeing religious persecution and searching for a place to worship as they saw fit. The social and legal systems of the colony became closely tied to their religious beliefs, as well as English custom. Many of the people and events surrounding Plymouth Colony have become part of American folklore, including the North American tradition known as Thanksgiving and the monument known as Plymouth Rock. .. continued ..

PURITANS

The Puritans were a group of people who grew discontent in the Church of England and worked towards religious, moral and societal reforms. The writings and ideas of John Calvin, a leader in the Reformation, gave rise to Protestantism and were pivotal to the Christian revolt. They contended that The Church of England had become a product of political struggles and man-made doctrines. The Puritans were one branch of dissenters who decided that the Church of England was beyond reform. Escaping persecution from church leadership and the King, they came to America.

The Puritans believed that the Bible was God's true law, and that it provided a plan for living. .. continued ..