SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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Roanoke
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Plymouth
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Jamestown
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Hartford
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Detailed explanation-1: -Squanto (l. c. 1585-1622 CE) was the Native American of the Patuxet tribe who helped the English settlers of Plymouth Colony (later known as pilgrims) survive in their new home by teaching them how to plant crops, fish, and hunt.
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: -Interesting Facts about Squanto His birth name was Tisquantum. He was once captured by the Wampanoag, but rescued by Myles Standish and the Pilgrims who did not want to lose their interpreter. He was likely at the first Thanksgiving in Plymouth. He taught the colonists to bury dead fish in the soil for fertilizer.
Detailed explanation-4: -Forty-five of the 102 Mayflower passengers died in the winter of 1620–21, and the Mayflower colonists suffered greatly during their first winter in the New World from lack of shelter, scurvy, and general conditions on board ship. They were buried on Cole’s Hill.