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JOHN CARVER

John Carver was the leader of the Pilgrim Fathers. He was born in 1575 and died in 1621. He took refuge in Holland in 1607 and became agent for the expedition to New England. He left in the Mayflower on September the 6th 1620 and arrived in Massachusetts where the town of New Plymouth was built. He was the first Governor of Plymouth colony. He was probably elected Governor on board the Mayflower in Provincetown harbour in November, 1620; was re-elected in March, 1621, but died the next month.
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