What If the Pilgrims Didn't Survive the First Winter? | Animated Alternate History

In 1620 the Mayflower landed in the wrong place, in the worst season, with almost no food. By spring half the Pilgrims were dead. What if Plymouth Colony had simply vanished? We follow five turning points, from the Atlantic crossing to the first Thanksgiving, and build the America that might have grown without them. This is alternate history: every what-if is speculation and is marked on screen. The real history in this video was checked against Wikipedia, Encyclopaedia Britannica and other published sources. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:57 1620: What if the Mayflower reached the Hudson? 2:23 Cape Cod: What if the village wasn't empty? 3:38 1621: What if the winter had been worse? 5:10 1621: What if Massasoit had said no? 7:07 Autumn 1621: What if there had been no feast? 8:30 What if Plymouth died in 1621? 10:16 Would Thanksgiving still exist? 11:19 The verdict: did Plymouth matter? #WhatIf #AlternateHistory #History #Thanksgiving #Mayflower #animated