text: The Mayflower was the ship that transported the English Separatists , better known as the Pilgrims , from a site near the Mayflower Steps in Plymouth , England , to Plymouth , Massachusetts , ( which would become the capital of Plymouth Colony ) , in 1620 .
simplified: The Mayflower was the famous ship that transported the English Pilgrims , from Southampton , England , to Plymouth , Massachusetts in 1620 .