Pilgrims

Maattala I
The Massachusetts area was first permanently settled by a group of separatists from the Church of England known as the Pilgrims. This group was composed of Puritans and other exiles, seeking to flee from religious persecution in their homeland of England. The first move they made was to the city of Leiden in the Netherlands where there was the freedom of worship but, the Pilgrims did not want to stay long, for fear that their children would grow to accept the Dutch culture and not recognize their English heritage. After many years spent in Holland, contacts of the Pilgrims in England arranged an agreement with the Virginia Company that would allow the Pilgrims to obtain land in the new world to settle. However, stated in this agreement, the Pilgrims, who would found what was known as the Plymouth Colony, were indentured into service for the Virginia Co. for seven years.
To prepare for their voyage to the new world, the Pilgrims sought investors to put forth t...