king james was king of england when the mayflower sailed.
king james was king of england when the mayflower sailed.
who was king of england when the mayflower sailed?
king james
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the mayflower compact was the first governing document of plymouth colony. it was written by the male passengers of the "mayflower," consisting of separatist puritans, adventurers, and tradesmen. the puritans were fleeing from religious persecution by king james of england.









































the mayflower compact was signed aboard ship on november 11, 1620. they used the julian calendar, also known as old style dates, which was ten days behind the gregorian calendar. signing the covenant were 41 of the ship's 101 passengers while the "mayflower" was anchored in provincetown harbor within the hook at the northern tip of cape cod.
mayflower compact
the mayflower sailed from london with its passengers at the end of july, 1620, to take on supplies and meet up with the speedwell from leiden at southampton. when it was time to leave southampton, in august 1620, cushman made sure he joined his friends aboard the "speedwell", but the ship was not seaworthy. cushman stated: "(s)he is as open and leaky as a sieve". soon after "mayflower" and "speedwell" cleared the coast, they put in for repairs at dartmouth, a port 75 miles west of southampton. the repairs were completed on 17 august, but they were forced to remain in dartmouth due to lack of wind. by then half their food had been eaten. in his writings cushman was very concerned about this. many of the passengers wanted to abandon the voyage, even though, to many, it meant losing everything they possessed. cushman stated that the "mayflower" captain refused to let them off. "(h)e will not hear them, nor suffer them to go ashore," cushman stated, "lest they should run away." the months of tension had caught up with cushman and he began to suffer a searing pain in his chest – "a bundle of lead as it were, crushing my heart." he felt he was going to die.
robert cushman