USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

THE PURITANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This Native American of the Wampanoag’s helped Pilgrims raise food, build farms and gather materials .
A
Wampanoag
B
Massasoit
C
Squanto
D
Samoset
Explanation: 

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: -The Wampanoag people, the “People of the First Light, ” are responsible for saving the Pilgrims from starvation and death during the harsh winter of 1620–21.

Detailed explanation-3: -He and Governor John Carver negotiated the treaty with the help of Tisquantum (Squanto), a Wampanoag from Patuxet who had been among the group captured by Hunt in 1614.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Their chief, Massasoit, was a magnanimous host who took pity on the bedraggled strangers, taught them how to plant corn and where to fish, and thereby helped them survive their first harsh winters in America.

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