Description

Towards the end of the 16th Century, in a quiet corner of England, well away from the mainstream of Elizabethan life, an apparently insignificant religious movement emerged. It was composed of a small band of largely anonymous people who believed in a simple form of worship, away from the ritualized trappings of the established Church of the day. These people were known as Separatists.

No one then could possibly have guessed what a huge impact these faithful Christians would have on world history. But when, in 1620, after years of sacrifice and hardship, they arrived on the shores of the New World in a tiny ship, they carried in their hearts a set of beliefs which would form the bedrock values for the world's most powerful democracy -- America, a nation engendered by the idea of freedom, and expression of religious belief.

History has given these remarkable people a name -- The Mayflower Pilgrims. This is their story.

Includes:
1. Introduction & Title 7. The New Monarch
2. Queen Elizabeth 8. The Attempted Flight
3. Geography 9. The Second Attempt
4. William Bradford 10. North America
5. The Chalice 11. Back to Plymouth
6. John Smyth & William Hickman 12. Across the Atlantic