The+Mayflower

We went to Plimoth Plantation and we learned about many things. The thing I liked most was the Mayflower .The things I learned were… that the pilgrims didn’t do much .All they did were sing songs, pray, and tell stories. Sailors did most of the work. The food was so bad that they often threw up. They ate dried biscuits and salted peas. There were 132 people in all on the Mayflower in all. The sailors and pilgrims hated each other. The sailors cooked and did everything. Their captain’s name was Christopher Jones who had an apprentice named Will Smal.l The pilgrims threw up and the sailors didn’t even care. Some even laughed. They brought seeds with them so they could plant them. They took a very big risk going on two very small ships. The reason they took the risk is because they wanted to be treated well religiously.

A man named John Howland fell off the ship, but luckily there was a rope and 2 sailors pulled him up. Know one will ever know what the rope was tied to. Some people came on the Mayflower to protect the pilgrims. Two people died on the Mayflower. Once they got off the Mayflower they were never more relieved. They spent many days in misery.

They left the younger and older people since they might die. Two men died on the Mayflower. One was nice and one was mean. They didn’t have the best deal with a few investors. The reason they didn’t have a good trip was because there were two small ships. They knew it wasn’t a good deal with the investors, but they would do anything to get to a different place.

Many people wanted to turn back once they got on the Mayflower. A lot of people got sick on the Mayflower since the food was so bad. People were vomiting all over the ship. They vomited on the edge of the boat. It was a very tough 66 days. A lot people got sick some died some almost died. Most people got stomachaches since the food was so bad. A lot of people wanted to turn back but they knew they couldn’t turn back. They had to wait a little till they got to touch land. Someone named Dorthy Bradford, no one knows why, jumped over board. Some say she was tired of waiting on the ship. It was the worst 2 months of their life. When they slept they slept they were all squished together. They were afraid of the Native Americans because they had seen pictures of the Native Americans. They were getting very paranoid. They decided not catch

The sailors weren’t the nicest people the reason is because they didn’t care when someone died or threw up. Part of the reason is because the sailors did everything for the pilgrims, like cook. . They mainly told stories. The pilgrims prayed a lot so they did that a lot. The reason they prayed a lot is because they were very religious. In fact that is why they left in the first place. It was pretty much all for religious reasons. Most of the interpreters said they left for religious.

Some said it was best to go to a new world. Some didn’t want to go. Some avoided the question because they didn’t want to talk about the king. That ride was that hard especially since the sailors and the pilgrims both hated each other. Christopher Jones, the captain could have turned them around but instead he waited till they could get on land. When they reached land they were happy but they were scared ofthe native Americans .They had some people protecting them like Miles Standish. Miles Standish came on the ship but as a protector not a pilgrim.

Miles Standish was in the army. That is why the pilgrims wanted to have him come on the ship if anything dangerous happened. Iif they had known the Native Americans were nice they probably wouldn’t have brought Miles Standish.

The sailors didn’t have a harder time than the pilgrims surviving because the sailors were used to being on a ship for a long time, so the sailors spent most of their time laughing at the pilgrims since they hated each other. It is hard to be a pilgrim and remember the toughest time was on the Mayflower. They were very brave people, especially since they went on the Mayflower and they did other brave things to. That is what they did on the Mayflower. -By Eric