SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FIRST THANKSGIVING HISTORY FACTS FOODS
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flowers and trees
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crops like corn, beans, and squash
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Squanto spoke English and was able to teach them how to get sap from maple trees, what plants had medicinal powers, and among other things, how to grow food. He showed the Pilgrims the Native American way of growing maize (corn). This is now known as the planting of the three sisters: maize, beans, and squash.
Detailed explanation-2: -Squanto helped the Pilgrims communicate with the Native Amer-icans. He taught them how to plant corn. He taught them how to catch fish. He taught them where to find nuts and berries.
Detailed explanation-3: -Their main crop was a kind of corn they had never seen before. Because it was native to North America and grew better in America than English grains, the Pilgrims called it “Indian corn.” The Wampanoag taught the English colonists how to plant and care for this crop.
Detailed explanation-4: -A well-known story tells how Squanto taught the Pilgrims to plant corn with dead fish buried beneath the seeds to serve as fertilizer.
Detailed explanation-5: -He taught them to plant corn, which became an important crop, as well as where to fish and hunt beaver. He introduced them to the Wampanoag chief Ousamequin, an important moment in developing relations.