ASAP Whats the summary of Plymouth Colony. The English established their second permanent settlement on mainland North America in 1620 in the area now called Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Most of the original settlers of the colony, called Plymouth Colony, were Separatists. Later Americans called this group "Pilgrims." The Separatists had cut ties with the Church of England, also known as the Anglican Church. Before coming to America, the Separatists had moved to the Netherlands to escape persecution.

The Pilgrims faced many hardships in the New World. Hunger and sickness killed half the original settlers during the first year. In the spring of 1621, however, a Patuxet Indian named Squanto taught them how to plant corn and showed them where to fish. In the autumn, the colonists celebrated their first harvest by sharing a meal with their Indian friends. This feast is now referred to as the first New England