SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MAYFLOWER SETTLEMENT
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a religious holiday for which they would go to church and thank God for a specific event
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a feast with dancing, singing and games
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a meal shared with Native Americans
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a voyage to a new place
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Detailed explanation-1: -Pilgrims held their second Thanksgiving celebration in 1623 to mark the end of a long drought that had threatened the year’s harvest and prompted Governor Bradford to call for a religious fast.
Detailed explanation-2: -The 1621 Thanksgiving celebration marked the Pilgrims’ first autumn harvest, so it is likely that the colonists feasted on the bounty they had reaped with the help of their Native American neighbors.
Detailed explanation-3: -For example, the English declared a day of thanksgiving in the summer of 1623 when a gentle rain ended a long drought. Likewise, in the fall of 1621, when their labors were rewarded with a bountiful harvest after a year of sickness and scarcity, the Pilgrims gave thanks to God.
Detailed explanation-4: -They played ball games, sang, and danced. Although prayers and thanks were probably offered at the 1621 harvest gathering, the first recorded religious Thanksgiving Day in Plymouth happened two years later in 1623. On this occasion, the colonists gave thanks to God for rain after a two-month drought.
Detailed explanation-5: -To celebrate the first harvest at Plymouth, Governor William Bradford and the other settlers invited the Wampanoags for a celebratory feast in November 1621, now remembered as the first Thanksgiving.