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400th Anniversary

Today, December 21st, marks the 400th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims
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From the voyage to the First Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims suffered from innumerable hardships which steadily killed many of the men, women, and children. So dire were their circumstances and so devastating the results that when they eventually celebrated the first successful harvest with their Native allies hardly 50
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The Pilgrims' vision was twofold. On the one hand they hoped to carve out a home for themselves and their children where they could worship God in their own way instead of having their beliefs dictated to them by the King. On the other hand, the Pilgrims sincerely wished
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These goals caused the Pilgrims to make many developments and advancements in the fields of government, education, religious freedom, human rights, and political liberty. When it came to relations with the surrounding native American tribes, the Pilgrim’s Christian foundation enabled them
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However, the Pilgrims were not the only people to colonize the New World. As Tocqueville noted
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Continue reading this article here
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And to find out more about the Pilgrims and other major events in the founding of America, check out our new book The American Story: The Beginnings
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