Saints & Strangers is a story that goes beyond the familiar historical account of Thanksgiving and the founding of Plymouth Plantation. It reveals the trials and tribulations of the settlers at Plymouth: 102 men, women, and children who sailed on a chartered ship for a place they had never seen. Saints & Strangers is a story that goes beyond the familiar historical account of Thanksgiving and the founding of Plymouth Plantation. One part of this group is comprised of people we refer to as pilgrims or saints; these are religious extremists who left their previous lives to dedicate themselves to a single cause: religious liberty. The other half, made up of commercial adventurers and referred to as strangers, had goals that were less spiritual and more material and based in the real world. This clash of values generated difficult internal struggles for the group as they sought to establish a new colony, which were aggravated by a complicated relationship with the nearby Native American tribes. Ultimately, the group was successful in establishing a new colony. The competing allegiances of different communities eventually culminated in tests of integration, religion, and compromise, all of which continue to characterize our nation to this day.
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Saints & Strangers is a story that goes beyond the familiar historical account of Thanksgiving and the founding of Plymouth Plantation. It reveals the trials and tribulations of the settlers at Plymouth: 102 men, women, and children who sailed on a chartered ship for a place they had never seen. Saints & Strangers is a story that goes beyond the familiar historical account of Thanksgiving and the founding of Plymouth Plantation. One part of this group is comprised of people we refer to as pilgrims or saints; these are religious extremists who left their previous lives to dedicate themselves to a single cause: religious liberty. The other half, made up of commercial adventurers and referred to as strangers, had goals that were less spiritual and more material and based in the real world. This clash of values generated difficult internal struggles for the group as they sought to establish a new colony, which were aggravated by a complicated relationship with the nearby Native American tribes. Ultimately, the group was successful in establishing a new colony. The competing allegiances of different communities eventually culminated in tests of integration, religion, and compromise, all of which continue to characterize our nation to this day.
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