The Landing of the Pilgrims Author:James Daugherty Seeking religious freedom, the Pilgrims fled England and traveled to Holland in 1608. In 1620 they sailed to America. They had no food or shelter but what they grew, shot, or built with their own hands. They faced hunger and disease. Not all the Indians were friendly. Their supplies ran out and the crops failed. Some colonists gave up and left. ... more »For three years survival hung by a thread. Only a small core of believers struggled on to establish a new life in the New World.« less