Why The Pilgrims Left America

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On September 16, 1620, the Pilgrims left England on the Mayflower. The Mayflower began loading food and supplies for the voyage on July 1620 at Southampton. On August 21, the Mayflower had to sail alone to America when the Speedwell became unseaworthy about 300 miles out to sea. The cargo on the ‘Speedwell’ went onto the Mayflower and some passengers left and went home because of the amount of time lost. On September 6, the Mayflower left Plymouth, England to America. The time across the Atlantic Ocean took 66 days until Cape Cod was spotted on November 9, 1620. The voyage went fine for the first half until people began to get seasick. By October, they ran into storms that made the voyage very bad. The Pilgrims tried to head south, to the mouth