Thanksgiving History

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Why did the Pilgrims travel to the New World?

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None of the above.

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Some of the colonists joined the trip hoping for the opportunity to get rich.

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the opportunity to get rich

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What is the name of the ship the colonists sailed in September 1620?

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the Mayflower

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The first winter in Plymouth was hard, so the colonists

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stayed on their ship.

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What skills did Squanto use to help the colonists?

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interpretation skills

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Why was the first winter in America difficult for the colonists?

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Because many people became sick.

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What did the colonists and the Native Americans do after the autumn harvest of 1621?

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They had a three-day feast.

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Which foods were probably a part of the first Thanksgiving feast? Options: fowl, deer, mussels, and ducks; turkey, candy corn, biscuits and pecan pie; steak, stuffing, peppers and pears; lamb, clams, cranberries and apple pie.

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fowl, deer, mussels, and ducks

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Why did the colonists celebrate the first Thanksgiving?

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to express gratitude after the autumn harvest

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Which of the following is an example of an alliance?
England and France making a plan to stop pollution, Translating English into French, Two siblings fighting about which movie to watch, Three people dropping garbage from their cars onto the highway

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England and France making a plan to stop pollution