Did Shakespeare Visit America?

Support the channel for insider perks! It’s November and in the US, we are rapidly gearing up for Thanksgiving, which means turkeys, pudding, pies, family, and remembering the story of the Pilgrims who travelled to North America from England as part of a large movement to colonize new lands. Henry Barrowe and John Greenwood, founders of the Independent Puritan Church congregation which would eventually sail to America on the Mayflower, was imprisoned and hung at The Clink in Southwark, London, in 1592, the same year Robert Greene is calling Shakespeare an upstart crow in the exact same area of London. This connection made me realize there is a deeper connection between Shakespeare and the United States than we typically talk about in Shakespeare history. England has their claim on him as a native son, sure, but it turns out, William Shakespeare is just as embedded in the history and establishment of the United States as he is in the foundation of England. While the bodily form of William Shakespeare never set literal foot on the continent that became the United States of America his plays were among the few books and possessions that people like the Pilgrims brought over with them when they set out across the Atlantic from England. Here’s a brief look at how Shakespeare’s legacy came to be firmly rooted in the history and founding fathers of The United States of America. ***Resources Mentioned*** While the offers in this video are current at the time of publication, some information may have expired.