The Pilgrim Fathers were English settlers who established Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts in 1620. Many were religious Separatists, a radical faction of Puritans who had fled persecution in England. Seeking religious freedom and new opportunities, they traveled to North America aboard the Mayflower and established the first permanent settlement in New England.
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