The story of the First Thanksgiving
On the fourth Thursday of November, Americans celebrate
Thanksgiving, a national holiday honouring the early settlers and
their harvest feast known as the first Thanksgiving.
The Pilgrims set ground at Plymouth Rock on December 11, 1620.
They arrived with the Mayflower ship. Their first winter was devastating. At the beginning, they had lost 46 of the original 102 passengers who sailed on the Mayflower. But the harvest of 1621 was
a bountiful one. And the remaining colonists decided to celebrate
with a feast - including 91 natives who had helped the Pilgrims
survive their first year. It is believed that the Pilgrims would not
have made it through the year without the help of the natives. The
feast was a traditional English harvest festival. It lasted three days.
Answer the following
questions:
1.
When do Americans celebrate
Thanksgiving?
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2.
When did the Pilgrims set ground at
Plymouth Rock?
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3.
What was the name of the ship they
arrived with?
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4.
Who did the Pilgrims celebrate
Thanksgiving with?
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5.
How long did the feast last?
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