The first English settlements appeared in America at the beginning
of the 17th century. On the 21st of September 1620 a group of people
left England for the New World. They sailed from the English port of
Plymouth on board the ship the “Mayflower”. After two months’ voyage, on the 21st of November, these people
landed in the Northeast of America. There were 74 men and 28 women on
the “Mayflower”. They set up a colony and called that part of the
country “New England”.