SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MAYFLOWER SETTLEMENT
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“To them, a thanksgiving was a religious holiday in which they would go to church and thank God for a specific event, such as the winning of a battle.”
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Gradually the custom prevailed in New England of annually celebrating thanksgiving after the harvest.”
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‘’The pilgrims had intended to go to the Hudson River region in New York State, which would have been considered “Northern Virginia, “ but they landed in Cape Cod instead.”
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“The original feast in 1621 occurred sometime between September 21 and November 11. Unlike our modern holiday, it was three days long.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -What Religion Were the Pilgrims? The Mayflower pilgrims were members of a Puritan sect within the Church of England known as separatists. At the time there were two types of puritans within the Church of England: separatists and non-separatists.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thirty-five of the Pilgrims were members of the radical English Separatist Church, who traveled to America to escape the jurisdiction of the Church of England, which they found corrupt. Ten years earlier, English persecution had led a group of Separatists to flee to Holland in search of religious freedom.
Detailed explanation-3: -The event that Americans commonly call the “first Thanksgiving” was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in October 1621. This feast lasted three days and was attended by 90 Native American Wampanoag people and 53 survivors of the Mayflower (Pilgrims).
Detailed explanation-4: -The Puritans. Like the Pilgrims, the Puritans were English Protestants who believed that the reforms of the Church of England did not go far enough.