Thanksgiving
How It All Began It all starts with the Pilgrims, religious separatists (for the most part) from England, and early settlers, who immigrated to America on their ship, the Mayflower, and landed in what is today known as Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. Their first year adapting to life in a new land was treacherous – more than half of the settlers died in that first winter. They were foreign to the land, and as a result, unfamiliar with how to hunt, yield sufficient crop for their population, and prepare themselves for the merciless winter. Though Plymouth was new to the Pilgrims, it was already inhabited by indigenous people; Native Americans from the Wampanoag tribe had been living there, and came into contact with the Pilgrims shortly after they began populating the area. With the Native Americans’ help, along with Squanto acting as an interpreter and guide between the two populations, the Pilgrims learned how to harvest the land and ultimately, survive. Though...
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