A Thanksgiving Story The Pilgrims were a group of people from England who came to America to start a new life. They wanted religious freedom. In 1620, 104 Pilgrims crossed the Atlantic Ocean on a small ship. They wanted to start their new life in northern...
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A Thanksgiving Story The Pilgrims were a group of people from England who came to America to start a new life. They wanted religious freedom. In 1620, 104 Pilgrims crossed the Atlantic Ocean on a small ship. They wanted to start their new life in northern Virginia, but bad weather pushed their ship north to land that is now the state of Massachusetts. They decided to stay there and named their new home Plymouth. The Pilgrims arrived in America in November, 1620. The first winter was very difficult. The Pilgrims were city people. They didn’t know how to farm or hunt. 50 of the colonists died of hunger, cold and sickness. The Wampanoag were Native Americans who already lived on the land where the Pilgrims decided to make their new home. The Wampanoag were farmers. Their name means People of the First Light. They grew corn, beans, squash and tobacco. They also hunted and fished. In the summer they lived near the ocean and caught fish and lobsters and dug clams. Their summer homes were cal
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