there are a number of reasons and small incidents before the happening of historical event. to understand a particular historical event, the historians must see the circumstances and reasons due to which the historical event occurs. There are various reasons behind the historical event so it is necessary for the historian to see that reasons in order to fully understand the event.
Forty-five of the 102 Mayflower passengers died in the winter of 1620–21, and the Mayflower colonists suffered greatly during their first winter in the New World from lack of shelter, scurvy, and general conditions on board ship. They were buried on Cole's Hill.