What did the pilgrims want in the new world?

Answer 1

start a new religious government & practice their religion.

Answer 2

Clothing (for a man):

• Monmouth Cap (knit cap, see image at right)
• 3 falling bands (flat, usually white laced collar)
• 3 shirts, 1 waistcoat
• 1 canvas suit, 1 cloth suit, 1 frieze suit
• 3 pairs of Irish stockings
• 4 pairs of shoes
• 1 pair of garters (ribbons used to tie up the Irish stockings just below the knee)

Bedding and extra fabric:

• 1 pair of canvas sheets
• About 26 feet of canvas to make a bed and bolster for two
• About 18 feet of canvas to make a bed for the sea voyage
• 1 rug
• 12 sewing needles

Food (for one man, intended to last one year):

• Beer (the primary drink for everyone, water was often considered unsafe)
• About 2 barrels of wheat (a barrel held 36 gallons)
• About 1/2 barrel of peas, and 1/2 barrel of oats
• 2 gallons of vinegar
• 1 gallon aqua-vitae (a strong liquor made from distilling beer or wine)
• 1 gallon salad oil
• Bacon
• Cheese
• Sugar, Spice and Fruit

Weapons and Hunting:

• Complete (but light) body armor
• Long-barreled musket (Captain Smith recommends 5 feet 6 inches long)
• 1 sword and belt
• 1 bandolier (a leather belt that was worn from the right shoulder across the breast and under the left arm, to support the musket).
• 20 pounds of gunpowder
• 60 pounds of shot

Work Tools:

• 5 broad and 5 narrow hoes
• 2 broad axes, 2 pickaxes, and 5 felling axes
• 4 hand saws and 2 whipsaws (with sharpening file)
• 2 hammers, 3 shovels, 2 spades
• 2 augers, 6 chisels, 1 percer, 1 gimlet (all tools used for boring/drilling/chiseling wood)
• 2 hatchets
• 1 frow (a sharp tool used to split wood for fence posts)
• 1 grindstone
• nails "of all sorts"

Cooking:

• 1 iron pot
• 1 kettle
• 1 large frying pan
• 1 grid iron
• 2 skillets
• 1 spit (to rotate cooking food over a fire)
• Platters, dishes, and spoons (made of wood)

Answer 3

The pilgrims brought beer and provisions with them. They would have gone on farther but the crew of the ship was afraid that they might not have enough provisions (including beer) for the return trip.

Answer 4

They wanted religious freedom from England.

Answer 5

They brought live stock and seeds with them.

Answer 6

Food, basic supplies, diseases, and guns.

Answer 7

They brought riches