Why did the pilgrims arrive at Plymouth?

The Pilgrims or Pilgrim Fathers were early European settlers of the Plymouth Colony in present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. read more

The native inhabitants of the region around Plymouth Colony were the various tribes of the Wampanoag people, who had lived there for some 10,000 years before the Europeans arrived. Soon after the Pilgrims built their settlement, they came into contact with Tisquantum, or Squanto, an English-speaking Native American. read more

Simple answer: They were bound for Virginia and got blown off course in a storm. Running low on food and water, they ended up in Plymouth. It wasn’t their first stop, but the harbor was good, there was water, and the Indians didn’t seem unfriendly, so the pilgrims stayed. read more