Today more than 10 % of all americans can trace their ancestry back to the mayflower .
在今天,超过10%的美国人家谱可以追溯到“五月花号”上。
Most history books ignore this reality , however , and blame the starvation crisis of the pilgrims on corporate greed on the part of the mayflower company .
然而,大部分历史书都对事实视而不见,却纷纷谴责五月花公司的贪婪导致了这些人的饥荒。
More than half a century before the mayflower set sail , french pilgrims had come to america in search of religious freedom .
在五月花号船启航的半个世纪前,法国朝圣者就已经为了寻求宗教自由来到美国。
When william bradford , leader of the mayflower expedition , figured this out he reorganized the massachusetts pilgrims in a regime of private property in land .