What kind of ship is June Flower?

1620 In September, an immigrant team consisting of 4 1 02 Puritans, led by william bradford, a Puritan priest, set off from Plymouth Harbor, England, and sailed to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean on the cargo sailboat Mayflower with a displacement of only a few tens of tons. When they set out, many old sailors doubted whether they could arrive smoothly, because this ship is a small boat, it is not a good season to sail across the ocean, and the hope of success is really slim. It is a miracle that this small cargo sailboat Mayflower finally saw the coast of the New World after 65 days of life-and-death struggle in the Atlantic Ocean.

On the surface, these Puritans moved to the North American continent because of the intolerant religious atmosphere in Britain. At a deeper level, many of them are willing to give up all kinds of family comforts, leisure and wealth for their beliefs. Not far from Wan Li, Wan Li came to this continent with uncertain fate for them, looking for a pure land and realizing their religious ideals. The French scholar Tocqueville wrote in his famous book "On Democracy in the United States": Those immigrants who settled on the coast of New England "did not have to leave their homeland, but voluntarily gave up their social status and their livelihood. They crossed the ocean to the new world, not to improve their situation, nor to make a fortune; They leave their comfortable homes to meet the pure demand for knowledge; They are willing to taste all the hardships of exile for an ideal victory. " These pioneers who call themselves "God's Voters" have encountered many unexpected difficulties on their way forward. Behind is the choppy ocean, overhead is the boundless sky, and in front is the lonely and terrible wasteland. They have no choice but to pray to Almighty God.

It is this spirit that led to the birth of America.

Later, "June Flower" became a symbol of pursuing freedom and happiness.