Plymouth Colony

Plymouth Colony
noun
colony formed by the Pilgrims when they arrived at Plymouth Rock in 1620; it was absorbed into the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑colony, ↑settlement
• Part Holonyms: ↑Plymouth

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the colony established in SE Massachusetts by the Pilgrims in 1620.

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Plymouth Colony [Plymouth Colony]
the American community in ↑Massachusetts established in 1620 by the ↑Pilgrim Fathers. Half of the people died during the first harsh winter, but good crops the next year led to the first Thanksgiving. Plymouth Colony joined the New England Confederation in 1643 and became part of the ↑colony of Massachusetts in 1691.

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