Compléter Wordly Wise Book 5 - Lesson 4 (Fill in the blank)Version en ligne Wordly Wise Book 5 - Lesson 4 (Fill in the blank) par Anthony L 1 1 . The Pilgrims who boarded the Mayflower left for religious reasons . They of ever being able to practice their faith in England . 2 . The Pilgrims wished to be free to practice their own religion in America . They all religious ties with England when they left . 3 . A hundred and two passengers boarded the Mayflower . When they from England , they had little hope of ever seeing their native land again . 4 . The Mayflower left Plymouth on September 6 , 1620 . Its was supposed to take it to Virginia . 5 . Sailors in the 1600s steered mainly by the sun and stars . In those days it was impossible for them to know their position . 6 . Clocks and other instruments were not very reliable in the 1600s . At best they could tell those on board only where their ship was on the ocean . 7 . Sailors knew their location when they were in sight of land . To across three thousand miles of open ocean using unreliable instruments was very difficult . 8 . The passengers on the Mayflower set off with high hopes . Their spirits as weeks went by without sight of land . 9 . After several weeks of fine weather , conditions changed . Strong in the mid - Atlantic carried the Mayflower north , away from Virginia . 10 . The Mayflower was lucky to reach America , as shipwrecks were common in the 1600s . Not all ended successfully . 11 . There was a burial at sea when one of the passengers died . The person got sick and could not be . 12 . Those on board had almost given up hope of reaching America . Then , after sixty - five days , land was spotted on the . 13 . The speck of land grew larger as the Mayflower approached Cape Code . As the ship drew closer to the shore , the on board increased . 14 . The Mayflower was supposed to land in Virginia . Its actual turned out to be five hundred miles to the north . 15 . The Pilgrims took a few personal belongings with them . Looking at them in their new land must have made them feel .