Chapter 1 | The Pilgrims | American Experience | PBS 

My 12th great grandfather is Edward Fuller. He and my 12th great grandmother died shortly after arriving in America on the Mayflower. However, My 11th great grandfather, who was only 12 or 13, survived the voyage and survived. Makes history come alive when there's a personal connection. Thank you for creating this series!

Thank you Pilgrims for your courage and bravery and the gift you gave to America. I salute your memory.

PBS changes history

i dont get why i cant watch this on the PBS site. I mean I can but I have to pay for it. which I don't get since PBS is public television and should be free.

This vid really put the grim in pilgrim

Just watched this on PBS. Very good documentary. But my God the hardships these poor pilgrims endured and during the cold New England winter! Would it be different if they sailed in the Spring? So many of them died from illness. Very sad

Love it, in the south of England, there is a marker in Plymouth, Devon. The final departure of the Mayflower on it's voyage to the Americas, I am from Sussex, also on the south coast. Today most Americans by majority are of English decent and also European descent, and New England and the East coast (America's birthplace) are filled with towns and family names linked to Britain, so many Americans can link ancestry to Jamestown and Plymouth.

Just found out William Bradford is my 12th great grandfather. Pretty cool to watch history of an ancestor

I Loved this.. so much of history I never knew of.

I have several branches on my family tree who arrived on the Mayflower ❤

I'm visiting here with family :)

Don’t forget our ancestors!

I loved this one...you could feel the despair and the vastness of the giant open continent filled with death

but when does this air ??

It’s astonishing what the size of the mayflower was in comparison to the types of ships now that are used to cross the Atlantic. Humor my geeking out if you could… As noted in this video, the mayflower was 180 tons. To put that into perspective.. The Titanic was 47,000 tons.. or the equivalent of 255 Mayflowers. The current largest cruise ship is Symphony of the Seas from Royal Caribbean. It has a gross tonnage of 228,000 tons... or 1,267 Mayflowers. Pretty amazing

Awesome

My great grandfather was William Bradford ❤

My 13th great grandfather was John Howland. He fell off the boat or something and later signed the Mayflower Compact.

John Howland was my 11th great grandfather on my dad's mother's side of the family.

Name of music ?

I watched another video in regards to the Pilgrims and learned something that I had never thought of. In the manifest of the Mayflower, there was a significant amount of Beer and wine on board but not much water. The Pilgrims like most Europeans did not drink water. Drinking water led to death because water was polluted. Beer was boiled and wine was from fruit and both were safe to drink. The Pilgrims suffered from the DTs and had to come up with a source of alcohol for their survival. Fortunately they were able to drink the water in the New World. They did not understand that boiling water killed the bacteria. Later as Tea and coffee were introduced, they became the staple drinks.

@ 3.30 They mention William Bradford, he is my direct ancestor

They were Separatists. This documentary calls the Mayflower journey and Plymouth as a myth of where America began due to the fact that James Town was established in 1607. What this documentary neglects to establish is what transpired on the Mayflower with the Mayflower Compact where a fledgling democratic ideals took hold. Further, the Separatists set in motion the notion of the separation of church and state, a cornerstone of American society. They did not agree with an episcopal approach to church governance (run by Bishops under the head of the King) and were thus Presbyterian (governed by elders from the church body). The Anglican church was birthed by Henry VIII's desire to divorce. The Catholic Pope denied him this and Henry went rogue and established himself at the head of the English church. The very roots of Anglicanism were abhorrent to the Separatists. This documentary simplifies and ignores these facts. It is because of these facts that American historians see this small group as the roots of democracy in the New World. Something new transpired because of these events that set in motion the notion of freedom and freedom of conscience.

My 12th great grandfather, Henry Sampson, was just 12 years old when he came over on the Mayflower.

1620-2020

Yes, it would have of course

England hasn’t succeeded in establishing s truly viable colony on the shores of the new world? Uhhhh what about Jamestown?

The Mayflower voyage to the new world was the most important voyage in history

1. Wow, they pumped in 8000 and were struggling to keep the numbers above 1000. 2. Jamestown colony was settled in 1607 yet Plymouth colony got the recognition for the founding of America in 1620. I guess that fit the narrative better for the origin of America 3. This band of 100 people overshadowed the story of 10 million in slave trade 4. Friends, when we examine history, let us look at as many sides as we can see to get a fuller picture of the reality, and keep in mind history is written by the victors. The goal is to get as accurate a picture of reality as we can obtain

This is the reason why our country has been blessed so much from throughout history cause our ancestors put him first and trusted him more than anything plus they understood that the Bible is the whole word of God that made Israel become nation when they started becoming a nations thousands of years ago in the wilderness

It’s either 12th or 13th forest grandmother but that great grandmother is Priscilla Alden

Me,my husband, my first born and daughter worked for pilgrims pride.

The land stealers 😅

I wonder how the voyage affected they’re mind, months at sea, talk about risking it ALL, then LAND it must have been a liking to a religious experience.

The wokeness is strong here.

Cool

The Ancestors Means Your Grandfather And Grandmother In The Past Feature At The Globe 400 Yers

Had Susan Constant brought along them *Jamestown Weeds* Or it's all natives ?

I am related to Oceanus

Howdy, pilgrim.

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Jamestown settled in a mosquito swamp surrounded by Indians who lived on dry, productive land close by.

The suggestion that all of the Plymouth pilgrims left the colony during Branford’s lifetime is complete fiction. Sarah Cushman (1709) was born in Plymouth Colony. Het great grandmother was Mary Allerton (last surviving member of the Mayflower). The Plymouth colony was and is a lasting symbol of religious freedom in America.

They Started At 1620 Years The History.

Pilgrims are hybrids

Wait, what? Jamestown wasn’t a viable community?

The most famous refugees in history

This soooooooooooooooo bad! Who forgot about James town? I surely didn't and none of my students did... it's always the first discussed! Really complete nonsense!

Not all the people on the Mayflower were Pilgrims but the Pilgrims loved God and searched for the truth from the Scriptures. They used the name of God, Jehovah. They rejected the hierarchy of the priestly class. Did not celebrate Christmas or birthdays because this was not Scriptural. Believed in the resurrection. Did not worship the cross, this was idolatry, or believe in the Trinity, again non-Scriptural. This Country was founded by God-fearing men, women and children who were severely persecuted for their beliefs.

There is so much negativity and underlying political/woke tones directed towards the Pilgrims in this short clip. "Religous nutters", "Extreme people", etc. Secondly, Plymouth Plantation is known, perhaps, more than Jamestown for the shear fact that we celebrate Thanksgiving every year (regardless if it has historical roots in Plymouth). In terms of Primary sources, the Puritans of Massachusetts were perhaps far more literate and seemed to document most of their life.

Some silly comments - who would you expect to go halfway across the world and start a new society, if not people driven by religious conviction? I know it's hard to avoid bias, but this commentary is so "present-minded" lame.

Ron DeSantis says it’s illegal for me to remember the Pilgrims with any negative moral nuance.

Vile woman, horrible commentators.

Pudding is trash

How did the pilgrims manage to escape?!! With flattery, lies, deception and denial, it is the historical truth of America

Way, way, way, way, way more descendants of Mayflower and Plymouth Colony members living today than Jamestown descendants. The numbers are astonishing. A fairly large percent of the U.S. population considering the original numbers. THAT"S WHY IT"S WHERE AMERICA BEGAN!!! Jamestown was a failed Colony and Plymouth successful. End of Story. There is still a working, living, Plymouth town and County today in MA. No Jamestown County or living city in in VA, just an historical site.

Imimigrants

The only history of any significance is pre-invasion indigenous history. Everything else is just obscene.

This is the worst historical coverage I have ever seen from American Experience!

Bible kooks that want to practice their superstitious beliefs are fine. Just leave the rest of us out of it.

Trump 20 20 baby. party in Plymouth tonight

Looking for the full version but it isn't even on the PBS app with subscription, strange

Thanks 4 nothing

Thanks 4 nothing