Answer:
The correct answer is D. The first settlers of Plymouth were pilgrims looking for religious freedom. They are known as Pilgrim Fathers.
Step-by-step explanation:
The Pilgrim Fathers was an English religious group formed at the end of the 16th century that, being dissatisfied with the political-religious environment in their country, decided to emigrate, first to Leiden, Netherlands, in 1609 and then to the New World in 1620, seeking for a place in where religious freedom was allowed.
The Pilgrim Fathers left the port of Plymouth (England) on the Mayflower ship on August 15, 1620 and, crossing the Atlantic Ocean, intended to reach the colony of Jamestown -founded in 1607- but strong storms prevented it by pushing about 800 km further north, to Cape Cod, where they arrived on November 9 of the same year. Shortly after they founded Plymouth, that would be the capital of the homonymous colony, which existed until 1691, year in which it was united with the Colony of the Bay of Massachusetts forming the Province of the Bay of Massachusetts.