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Welcome to the Museum The Thirteen Colonies

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Southern colonies

New England Colonies

Back Wall Artifact

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Middle colonies

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Museum Entrance

Life in the colonies

Curator’s Offices

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Room 1

Plymouth Pilgrims The mayflower William Bradford

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New England Colonies

Room 2

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Life of the colonies

Room 3

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Middle Colonies

Room 4

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Southern Colonies

Room 5

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Pilgrims

A pilgrim is a person who makes a long journey for religious reasons. The Pilgrims could practice their religious beliefs in the Netherlands, but they wanted to live apart from other beliefs.

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Plymouth

By the laws of England everyone in England was supposed to belong to a Church. Some people were not happy with that church. They had different beliefs. These people decided to separate from the church of England and set up their own churches. They became known as Separatist.

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The Mayflower

The Mayflower was the ship that in 1620 transported 102 English Pilgrims, including a group of Separatists to New England. The ships operator was Christopher Jones.

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William Bradford

William Bradford was born in 1596 in Austerfield Yorkshire, England. His parents names were William and Alice Bradford. They were all wealthy and popular. When William was 7 years old he became an orphan because his parents died. He became the governor of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts....