- Bradford, William (1590-1657)
 - Second governor of the Plymouth Colony and author of the History of Plimoth Plantation, the earliest account of the Pilgrims' settlement in America. - Brief History of the Pilgrims
- Describes the Pilgrims' origin as English Separatists, their emigration first to Holland in 1608 and then to America in 1620, and the establishment of the Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies.
- Columbia Encyclopedia: Pilgrims
- Provides historical overview of the group of separatists and other individuals who founded Plymouth Colony.
- Family Forest - eBooks
- List the numerous descendents of the Mayflower passenger.
- Mayflower Compact (3)
- Read about the Mayflower Compact, the first governing document of Plymouth Colony drafted by the Pilgrims who crossed the Atlantic aboard the ship Mayflower seeking religious freedom. Sites offer the text, history, and the image of the document which is considered to be the genesis of the Constitution of the United States.
- Mayflower's Voyage, The
- Information about the August to November, 1620, trip from Southampton, England, to Cape Cod. Includes William Bradford's account of the voyage.
- Pilgrim Hall Museum
- Owned and operated by The Pilgrim Society. Large collection of pilgrim possessions.
- Pilgrims (Separatist) Background
- Details the demands of the Scrooby Separatists and outlines their reasons for leaving England.
- Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony: 1620, The
- Study guide providing extensive information on the Pilgrims, their trip to America, and their first contacts with the Pokanoket people of the Wampanoag Nation.
- Pilgrims and Puritans: Background
- Considers both groups. Includes the Mayflower Compact, Thanksgiving and the Indians, and Salem witchcraft.
- Plimoth Plantation@
- Discover Plimoth Plantation, the living museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts which reconstructs the original settlement of the Plymouth Colony established by the Pilgrims. Sites offer background information, collection of pilgrim possessions, reproductions, educational material, and reconstructions of the first permanent European settlement in southern New England.
- Plymouth Colony Archive Project, The
- Archives and analysis of Plymouth Colony, 1620-1691. Includes research papers, articles, lesson plans, biographies, and primary documents.
- Puritanism and Predestination
- Offers a history of the religious reformers who emerged within the Church of England during the middle of the 16th century.
- Scholastic.com: The First Thanksgiving
- Features a picture timeline from 1620-1621, and discusses what life was like in Plimoth for the first Thanksgiving. From Scholastic Books.
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