The document written by the Pilgrim leader William Bradford that we read and the animated video that we watched offer an introduction to the very small group of migrants that in 1620 built one of the few lasting English American settlements, Plymouth Plantation.
Below, share a detail that you learned from the video and/or document that was previously unknown to you. There will be something : )
A detail that I learned from the video and/or document that was previously unknown to me was the true danger of the trip that the Mayflower took. Learning o the ships tiny size really put everything in perspective. When I think about the ocean its mostly calm but the mid-atlantic is fearsome. It must have been terrifying to make such a journey. This really shows how much the people wanted freedom to practice there religion and how they were being oppressed. Furthermore, it shows how greedy people were as well as how full of opportunity America was set out to be, that people risked their lives to get there. Overall, its truly mind-boggling what these people went through to get to America.
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DeleteThat's an interesting detail. I also haven't really understood the dangers of sailing on the Mayflower. Textbooks and other sources usually overlooks voyages a lot, but they can be just as treacherous as the discoveries and the battles that people make.
DeleteI also find that surprising because shipping technology was getting more advanced at the time and I was surprised that there was still such a large amount of risk and that people took it to get to a place they had never known.
DeleteI agree. I assumed that sailing had become slightly more advanced by then but I was surprised to see it wasn't.
DeleteAfter analyzing the Documents and watching the animation, I can say that a detail that surprised me was how much Squanto changed the story. I knew that Squanto was significant to the peace between the Pilgrims and the First Nation's People, but I didn't really comprehend the true amount of impact he had on history. It was his understanding of English and the exchange of gifts that allowed the two sides to put aside their differences. Not only that, but he stayed with them until he died, showing his dedication and respect towards the Pilgrims. According to the document, Squanto allowed the Pilgrims to "set their corn, where to take fish, and to procure other commodities(food products)." His job as a guide for the Pilgrims was really important for the alliance.
ReplyDeleteIt was quite surprising to me also how the story was shifted when the Squanto were introduced. I realized they were important i just didn't know how substantial there presence was. Without their help we might not be here. Its crazy to think how decisions hundreds of years ago affect how we are now, as well as how our decisions affect the future. -Isaiah
DeleteI also find that surprising because I always knew that Squanto did help the English but I was surprised at the degree to which he changed the story and his dedication to the pilgrims.
DeleteI agree -- I had no idea how much Squanto helped because it's often left out of the Thanksgiving story.
DeleteI also knew about the help that Squanto gave to the pilgrims, i just never really knew the deep impact his help had. It just surprised me how much Squanto's help changed the story.
DeleteI agree, Squanto isn't given enough credit in the general story of thanksgiving
DeleteI agree. Squanto is what had saved the Englishmen entirely because he taught them how to live on this land and introduced them to other Indians that were living nearby.
DeleteA detail that was previously unknown to be was that the main mast of the mayflower broke, I find this surprising because there must have been a large amount of wind for such a large timber to be broken I also find it interesting that a Giant Corkscrew was used to fix it as that seems Stanley steampunk.
ReplyDeleteThe idea that a giant corkscrew was what was used to fix the mast of the Mayflower is really surprising. It's astounding, really.
DeleteI had no idea that a giant corkscrew was used to fix it.
DeleteI too found it astounding the lengths that the pilgrams went to in order to reach America. It shows how driven they were and how much religion and Greed played a factor in the making of America, as well as a reason for why those traits are still prominent in America today.-Isaiah
DeleteI also found it surprising that such an important beam near the middle of the ship broke, and that they had a corkscrew jack on hand to fix it. I think that maybe you had a typo when you wrote "Stanley steampunk", did you mean to write "very steampunk"?
DeleteI agree because i mean its hard even now for wind to knock down a tree. Like yes maybe it takes some branches off but really rarely a entire tree
DeleteI agree it’s been very crazy how the main mast broke. This is something very crazy that many of us didn’t know. This is very fascinating.
DeleteI agree. Its crazy that there was a giant corkscrew on the ship and they were able to use it to fix the broken mayflower.
DeleteSomething i learned from the video i watched, was how helpful Squanto was. I believe that if Squanto would have never helped the pilgrims, they would not have survived. I knew that Squanto had helped the pilgrims, but i had not known the deepness of his help. He taught the pilgrims many things that led to their survival.
ReplyDeleteYeah Squanto played a very important role in the relationship with the Pilgrims, welcoming them and helping them adapt to their new homes.
DeleteThat’s si true, what would have happen to me. I mean they do say the entire group was lacking food and nutrients from their very restrictive diet
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DeleteI also realized that Squanto played a large role in helping the pilgrims out.
DeleteBefore reading the document, I had had no idea that a lot of the First Nations' people spoke english, however broken it was. It wasn't surprising to me, as they had to have had some way to communicate with the pilgrims, but for some reason it never occurred to me that they would've spoken some english.
ReplyDeleteYeah that occurred to me to. I had always imagined very little communication but I guess the First Nations people did speak english
DeleteI had the exact same thought! It was indeed very interesting to learn.
DeleteI also didn't know this, and until reading this post it didn't occur to me how lucky it was for the pilgrims that the First Nations people spoke english.
DeleteThe Word that spoke out at me as a fact that I didn’t know was “tiny,” I had never ever considered the mayflower being a small ship. I had always imagined a huge ship sailing through the Atlantic, but apparently it was not as big as I had been imagining.
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DeleteI agree. I had a pretty untouched thought that the Mayflower was a massive ship that held so many. It's strange to think it wasn't really that.
DeleteOne detail I was surprised by was the fact that the First Nations people actually took the time to learn decent English. The pilgrims probably didn't even try to learn the native language. It illustrates the need that Squanto probably had for help, since his tribe was in shambles. Even if half of the pilgrims died in the first month, they didn't try to have real contact with the natives.
ReplyDeleteI agree this is a new thing that I learned also and to really think about that the natives were being kind of nicer to the Europeans than the Europeans were to them. The natives wanted to be nice and learn their language while the Europeans didn’t really care to learn it.
DeleteI was also surprised that the First Nations people tried to learn English. Previously I had been told there was no effort on either side aside from Squanto.
DeleteOne thing that I did not know before watching the video is that the children from the Mayflower did not get as sick as the adults, and had to do a lot of the jobs that the adults would have done, had they not been sick.
ReplyDeleteThis is pretty intriguing to learn that children had a better response towards the disease, so they had to assume the roles of the adults.
DeleteIt was very interesting to me that the children starting working and did not just sit around and suffer.
DeleteThe most surprising thing I learned from the document was that Squanto was not the only First Nations person who could communicate with the Pilgrims. I had already known how helpful Squanto was to the Pilgrims so that they could survive in the New World and make connections with the other Natives. I did not, however, know that another Native by the name of Samasett knew how to speak English, despite how broken it may have been. This is fascinating because had it not been for Samasett, the relations created between the Pilgrims and the First Nations peoples may have formed much later. Samasett was the first connection between the Pilgrims and the Natives, which was surprising to me because I always believed that Squanto initiated the friendship.
ReplyDeleteIt probably showed how smart Squanto was, because learning a language is hard enough with good teachers. It must've been really hard with people who only spoke the language and didn't know how to teach it.
DeleteWhat i earned from the árticas is that unlike what people say they didn’t leave because they were being prosecuted but because they felt that if they stayed with the people they already where with their culture would disappear from their kids. They felt that their kids were becoming more like the others and loosing their faith. Like personally i feel that if i were them in opulent be so against my kids assimilation to the new places where they where.
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize how dangerous the journey was, and even while reading documents about previous journeys where 400 would set sail and 100 would survive, it didn't connect, but for the danger of exploration to be that high, I am surprised that oversea travel was so popular and so many people would risk so much to do it
ReplyDeleteI also didn't realize all the dangers of the voyage
DeleteWhat I guess I could've realized, but never thought of was the fact these colonizers arrived to the New World and really started from pretty much nowhere. They didn't have allies that they knew they could count on when they arrived, and they had to really work to actually turn this new land into something. This feels pretty simple but also kind of feels pretty significant that they started completely from scratch, other than what they brought with them.
ReplyDeleteI also was surprised at how unprepared the Pilgrims were to build lives in America. No colony had really been successful in America before and, without the help of the Natives, the Pilgrims would have failed too.
DeleteA detail that I learned that I didn’t know before was how dangerous the voyage was. The sea’s craziness with the weather, size of the ship, and the resources they had made it very dangerous. It was shocking to learn how small the Mayflower was, I expected it to be pretty big because I remembered that the pilgrims came to America on that ship and I just expected a ship made for many many people. The dangers of the sea to the little ship, it could have sunk fairly easy. The resources were very limited and many died of disease caused by sickness or lack of nutrients from resources. The whole journey that took months was very, very dangerous for the pilgrims because of how limited everything was, the size of the boat, the amount of resources, and the ways of cabins. The mayflower journey was very dangerous and it is a new thing that I have learned.
ReplyDeleteWhat I learned from the video was that many of the deaths of the pilgrims were caused by conditions on the ship, including poor hygiene and lack of food. I had originally thought many of the pilgrims died after the landed, however, a suprising amount of them actually died on the ship. To me, this just shows how desperate people were for a new life that they willingly took a risk on their life to reach Plymouth Rock.
ReplyDeleteYes I agree, I always had the assumption that it was an easy trip because their maritime technology was supposedly really advanced at this time.
DeleteOne previously unknown fact to me was that the main mast of the mayflower broke during the voyage. I had always known the voyage was rough, but I did not know the ship suffered that much damage. I was astounded that wind could break such a big piece of wood as it had just never crossed my mind. -Lachlan
ReplyDeleteOne thing I didn't realize before was how dangerous the voyage on the mayflower was. With the small size of the ship, the bad weather, and the things they had with them the trip was dangerous. The people on the voyage must have been really committed to go through with the voyage in these conditions.
ReplyDeleteI knew the voyage was dangerous and that many passengers got sick on the trip, but I did not know that the Pilgrims seriously considered turning back for Europe.
DeleteA detail that I learned from the video is that the mayflower had broken and they even discussed going back to England and cancelling the voyage. What made this even bigger of a fact is they had a giant corkscrew to fix a situation like this which was even more crazy to me. I'm still not sure why they had a giant cork screw lying around the ship but if it works then it works.
ReplyDeleteA detail that I learned from the video and/or document that was previously unknown to me was how small the group was that sailed on the Mayflower. I predicted that more people were on the ship, but it was actually just over 100. On top of that, only about half of them survived soon after they got to Massachusetts.
ReplyDeleteI agree I had always pictured the arrival of at least 300 people.
DeleteAfter analyzing the Documents and watching the animation, I can say that a detail that surprised me was how much of an impact Squanto made towards the peace between the Pilgrims and the First Nation's People. Before I didn't know the large scale that Squanto's help allowed the pilgrims to survive (and thrive). It was his understanding of English and exchange of gifts and information which allowed the two sides to put aside their differences and not tear one another apart. I also didn't know how much loyalty he had developed with them to the point where he stayed with them until he died.
ReplyDeleteI learned from the document that Squanto could speak English which could show that he wanted to talk with the Europeans badly.
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