Mayflower Lesson for Kids: History & Facts

Today in 1620, the Mayflower Left England

On November 21, 1620, 41 of the 102 passengers aboard the Mayflower signed the Mayflower Compact. The Mayflower launched with 102 passengers - 74 male and 28 female - and a crew headed by Master Christopher Jones. About half of these emigrants died in the first winter. There were five Mayflower passengers who died at sea in November/December 1620. Those passengers were followed by forty-five passengers who perished in the bitter first winter of 1620/21. The Mayflower colonists suffered greatly d

The Mayflower wasn’t supposed to land in Massachusetts. Their contract was with the Virginia Company — but storms pushed them north, outside the reach of English law. Half the passengers weren’t even Pilgrims, and some started saying, “We’re not bound by any rules.” So before they went ashore, they wrote the Mayflower Compact — a survival pact, not a freedom charter. It’s remembered as the birth of democracy, but in reality? It was a quick attempt to keep control in a broken business deal. #Risi

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