USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

FIRST THANKSGIVING HISTORY FACTS FOODS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who does Squanto give thanks to?
A
The English
B
The Creator of All Things
C
Thomas Dermer
D
The Pilgrims
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The American Thanksgiving story many may be familiar with goes something like this: the English Pilgrims settle in the New World, meet a “friendly” Indigenous guide named Squanto who teaches them to plant corn, and together, they celebrate their first harvest.

Detailed explanation-3: -Everyone knows the story of the first Thanksgiving-pilgrims and Native Americans put aside their differences and joined together to share a meal and give thanks. Fewer Americans know the true story of the man who made the first Thanksgiving possible-Squanto, also known as Tisquantum.

Detailed explanation-4: -Soon neighboring Indians began to build relations with the Pilgrims. Squanto, a local Indian who had been kidnapped and taken to England nearly a decade before, served as an interpreter with the local tribes. Squanto taught the Pilgrims to fertilize the soil with dried fish remains to produce a stellar corn crop.

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