The First Thanksgiving
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In 1620 the Pilgrims left England on a ship, the Mayflower to sail to the New World.
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What is The New World? The United States of America!
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The Mayflower
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Pilgrims
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Why did they leave? The pilgrims wanted freedom of religion.
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The journey
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It was a very long journey The pilgrims travelled for 66 days!
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Half of the pilgrims died of hunger and diseases.
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The Pilgrims are afraid of the American Indians, but the American Indians are peaceful and want to help the Pilgrims plant crops. 11 CICERO Š 2010
A native American named Squanto decided to help the pilgrims.
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By October, the pilgrims had a lot of food!
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They built homes to live in! The Pilgrims were proud of themselves.
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The Pilgrims invited the Indians to share the food.
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The first Thanksgiving was a way to say “thank you” to the Indians.
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Thanksgiving today Americans still celebrate this day with their families. It’s a day to say “thank you” for what we have!
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Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday in November!
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For Thanksgiving, Americans eat… TURKEY!
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CORN
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PUMPKIN PIE!
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