Why Did the Pilgrims Come to the New World?: And Other Questions about the Plymouth Colony

by Laura Hamilton Waxman

Book Overview

In December 1620, a group of English settlers stepped out of their boats and climbed up the shore to a point overlooking a small harbor. Known as the Pilgrims, they had traveled far on the Mayflower. Behind them was the vast Atlantic Ocean. Before them was the wilderness of North America. They called their new home the Plymouth Colony. But who were the Pilgrims? Why has they left England? And what lay Ahead for them over the long winter in Plymouth?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761361235
• ISBN13: 9780761361237
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Lerner Classroom
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.5" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7