Pilgrims and the Mayflower Society


Longfellow tea set saucer, ca. 1900

Longfellow tea set saucer, ca. 1900
Item 102758   info
Maine Historical Society

The Wampanoag people who met the Pilgrims initially assisted them. An uneasy alliance between the two cultures lasted for 55 years, until the burgeoning Pilgrim population and cultural misunderstandings—especially about land ownership and resource management—led to the so-called King Philip’s War.

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