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The Thanksgiving Story

The Thanksgiving Story. The pilgrims were travelers on a religious journey. The Pilgrims did not believe in the teachings of the Church of England. So they left England in 1609 and went to Holland to practice their beliefs. The pilgrim’s children were adapting too much to the new culture.

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The Thanksgiving Story

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  1. The Thanksgiving Story

  2. The pilgrims were travelers on a religious journey.

  3. The Pilgrims did not believe in the teachings of the Church of England.

  4. So they left England in 1609 and went to Holland to practice their beliefs.

  5. The pilgrim’s children were adapting too much to the new culture.

  6. They returned to England and secured passage on the Speedwell.

  7. The Speedwell took on water too quickly and had to return to the dock.

  8. The Merchant Adventurers paid for the Pilgrim’s voyage.

  9. The Mayflower continued on with all of the passengers.

  10. The interior of the boat was very small.

  11. Living on the Mayflower was very difficult.

  12. The 44 pilgrims and the rest of the passengers did not get along. The Saints The Strangers The pilgrims called the others strangers. The pilgrims called themselves the saints.

  13. There was danger of fire on the ship so their food had to be eaten cold.

  14. There were many storms. People got very sick.

  15. On November 11, 1620 the Pilgrims arrived in the New World. It took the pilgrims 66 days to make this journey.

  16. The Mayflower Compact

  17. Mayflower Contract "This day, before we came to harbour, observing some not well affected to unity and concord, but gave some appearance of faction, it was thought good there should be an association and agreement, that we should combine together in one body and to submit to such government and governors as we should by  common consent agree to make and choose, and set our hands to this that follows, word for word.”

  18. The shallop

  19. They lived on the Mayflower that first winter.

  20. They traveled back and forth from the land and the ship.

  21. The pilgrims were looking for a good place for their settlement. Plimoth Plantation

  22. Captain Miles Standish

  23. The pilgrims went on three search expeditions.

  24. The first winter

  25. In 1621 Massasoit, the Wampanoag leader, sent Squanto to help the pilgrims.

  26. Squanto taught the Pilgrims many survival skills.

  27. The Pilgrims had a good harvest by the autumn.

  28. The Pilgrims and the Native Americans enjoyed a three day feast.

  29. The Continental Congress proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving in 1777.

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