Events Before the American Reconstuction

By karab25

  • King James rules over the British Empire

    King James becomes king and says there will be intoleranance for critisisms of the Chrch of England

  • British seperatist leave netherlands

    Pilgrims living in the Netherland decided to take in other options dut to a disagreements with the church of England,such as worries of children loosing their British heritage .

  • Virginia company agrees to let seperatist form a new conlony in America

  • Mayflower leaves England

    Holding 120 passangers the Mayflower head to America including a group of seperatist,servants, and orphans.

  • Mayfower lands in Capecod

    Passanger feel like they are not ruled by the British anymore as they are not in Virginia and threatned to form their own colony.

  • Mayflower Compact is Written

    Several men write that a compact that all passanger must stay together and obey the laws of the colony. Only males wer ab le to sighn wich was agreed on before boarding the ship.

  • Mayflower drops anchor in Plymouth Harbor

    The spassangers had determined that Plymouth Harbor was the best place to settle. Many people people sick and some even die in weeks of arrival.

  • John Carver becomes govener of Plymouth colony

    Mr. Carver ,a seperatist from Leiden becomes govener and is the first to sighn the Mayflower compact.