Plymouth Colony was founded by a group of people (separatists) who later came to be known as the "Pilgrims".
The residents of Plymouth used terms to distinguish between the earliest settlers of the colony and those that came later.
Overall, there was very little cash in Plymouth Colony, so most wealth was accumulated in the form of possessions.
The Mayflower dropped anchor in Plymouth Harbor on December 17 and spent three days surveying for a settlement site.
During King Philip's War; Plymouth Colony alone lost eight percent of its adult male population.
The General Court of Plymouth began using military force to coerce the sale of Wampanoag land to the settlers of the town.
On April 5, 1621, after being anchored for almost four months in Plymouth Harbor, the Mayflower set sail for England.
It was forbidden for individual settlers to purchase land from Native Americans without formal permission from the General Court.
In 1644, "The Old Colony Line"—which had been surveyed in 1639—was formally accepted as the boundary between Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth.
Among these laws included the levying of "rates", or taxes, and the distribution of colony lands.
The situation was particularly problematic for Plymouth Colony, as it had existed without a formal charter since its founding.
By 1690, on the eve of the dissolution of the colony, the estimated total population of Plymouth County, the most populous, was 3,055 people.
It was elected by the freemen from among their own number and met regularly in Plymouth, the capital town of the colony.
The democratic setup of Plymouth Colony had strong influences on the shaping of democracy in both England and America.
They spent July and August in Plymouth before moving north to settle in modern Weymouth, Massachusetts at a settlement they named Wessagussett.
On December 21, 1620, the first landing party arrived at the site of what would later become the settlement of Plymouth.
The English organized a party to return Billington to Plymouth.
