Name________________________ On Educate LLC’s Bookmarks page, go to Social Studies Holidays The First Thanksgiving. Vocabulary: Discontent=unsatisfied Pilgrim=a person who travels for religious reasons Tolerant=allowing, accepting Prosper=succeed, become wealthy Harvest=collecting of farm crops after they grow Proclaim=Declare=announce Feast=a large meal Read the information on the website and answer the following questions
DISCONTENT WITH THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND:
1. Why did people from England leave for Holland?
2. Why did these people leave Holland for America?
THE VOYAGE:
3. Describe the Mayflower’s VOYAGE to the new world. a. What year was it? b. What groups of people were on the boat?
c. How long did the voyage take? d. Could they cook their food? Why not?
THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT:
4. After the ship saw land they wrote the Mayflower Compact. What did this do?
THE FIRST WINTER:
5. The Mayflower landed at Plymouth in November. How did this affect the way they experienced winter?
THE INDIANS (today we say ‘Native Americans’):
6. Who were Samoset and Squanto? How did they help the Pilgrims?
THE FIRST THANKSGIVING:
7. Why did Governor William Bradford proclaim a day of Thanksgiving?
CONTINUATION OF THE CELEBRATION OF THANKSGIVING:
8. In 1863 President Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November to be a national day of Thanksgiving. How many years after the first Thanksgiving was this?
9. In 1941 President Roosevelt proclaimed Thanksgiving (the fourth Thursday of November) to be a national holiday. How many years ago was this?