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Josiah Winslow Josiah Winslow
Josiah Winslow c.1629-1680, American governor of Plymouth Colony, b. Plymouth, Mass.; son of Edward Winslow. Educated at Harvard, he was an assistant of the Plymouth Colony (1657-73) and then governor (1673-80), the first native-born governor of any American colony. Winslow also served (1658-72) as... Read more
Mayflower Compact Mayflower Compact
Mayflower Compact in U.S. colonial history, an agreement providing for the temporary government of Plymouth Colony . The compact was signed (1620) on board the Mayflower by the adult male passengers; it created the first American settlement that was based upon a social contract. In it, the... Read more
William Bradford William Bradford
William Bradford 1590-1657, governor of Plymouth Colony, b. Austerfield, Yorkshire, England. As a young man he joined the separatist congregation at Scrooby and in 1609 emigrated with others to Holland, where, at Leiden, he acquired a wide acquaintance with theological literature. Bradford came to... Read more
Peyton Randolph Peyton Randolph
Peyton Randolph American patriot Peyton Randolph (1721-1775), president of the first Continental Congress, was instrumental in securing independence for the United States of America. At the time of Peyton Randolph's birth, the future United States of America was an assortment of 13 separate... Read more
Medical education Medical education
MEDICAL EDUCATION MEDICAL EDUCATION. Pain, suffering, and premature death from disease have ravaged human beings from the beginning of recorded time. This harsh fact was as true for colonial America, where life expectancy as late as 1800 was only twenty-five years, as for every other known... Read more
Miles Standish Miles Standish
Miles Standish c.1584-1656, American colonist, b. England. After serving as a soldier for a number of years, Standish accompanied the Pilgrims to America on the Mayflower (1620) and was recognized at once as the military leader of Plymouth Colony . He was probably not a Puritan. He saved the... Read more
William Brewster William Brewster
William Brewster 1567-1644, English separatist and Plymouth colonist. After studying briefly at Cambridge he became the chief member of the congregation at Scrooby that broke away, or separated, from the Anglican Church in 1606; the members, after their migration to Holland in 1608, were known as... Read more
Virginia Company Virginia Company
Virginia Company name of two English colonizing companies, chartered by King James I in 1606. By the terms of the charter, the Virginia Company of London (see London Company ) was given permission to plant a colony 100 mi (160 km) square between lat. 34°N and lat. 41°N; the Virginia... Read more
New England Confederation New England Confederation
New England Confederation union for "mutual safety and welfare" formed in 1643 by representatives of the colonies of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven. They met in Boston and adopted a written constitution binding the colonies in a league as "The United Colonies of New... Read more
John Alden John Alden
John Alden c.1599-1687, Puritan settler in Plymouth Colony. He came to America on the Mayflower and was prominent as assistant to the governor of the colony. He moved (c.1627) to Duxbury and there was neighbor and friend of Miles Standish . Alden's marriage to Priscilla Mullens gave rise to the... Read more

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