"Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor,"
William Halsall, 1882
(Source: Wikimedia Commons--public domain)
Question 0903:
Which of the following statements about the settlers that arrived at Plymouth in 1620 is not true?
(A) their original goal was a landfall farther south, at the northern edge of Virginia Company territory
(B) while English, they had lived for a time in the Netherlands
(C) they had experienced persecution in England for their religious beliefs and sought to separate from the Church of England
(D) they probably would have starved to death without the assistance of local Indians
(E) they became the dominant political and religious force in New England in the 1630s and 1640s
Which of the following statements about the settlers that arrived at Plymouth in 1620 is not true?
(A) their original goal was a landfall farther south, at the northern edge of Virginia Company territory
(B) while English, they had lived for a time in the Netherlands
(C) they had experienced persecution in England for their religious beliefs and sought to separate from the Church of England
(D) they probably would have starved to death without the assistance of local Indians
(E) they became the dominant political and religious force in New England in the 1630s and 1640s