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English 093|
Thanksgiving|
Essay|
Mark Hardy|
Ivy tech community college |
12/5/2012|

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The English colonist called pilgrims were not colonist to begin with. The pilgrims celebrated the days of Thanksgiving as part of their religion. Those day were days of prayer, and not looked at as days of feasting as some would believe. The national Holiday really stems from the feast held in the autumn of 1621 by the pilgrims and the Wampanoag to celebrate the colony’s successful first harvest. The 1620 voyage from Holland to America was more than three thousand miles and beset by autumn storms that wreaked havoc on the crew and the passengers. The Pilgrims arrived in the new world they called New England during the winter. Making it very difficult for them to find food and build shelters. Already weakened by their 2 month voyage, most of the passengers failed to survive the first few months in their new home. Native people called the Wampanoag a local tribe where the Pilgrims made land fall already lived in today’s Massachusetts Bay area. They helped the people new in their land by showing them the knowledge of local crops and navigation within the forest for hunting. The pilgrims shelter “homes “were modeled after the English cottage. The cottage is built using timber frames with a steeply roof that allowed for a small storage or sleeping area above the main room. Since the pilgrims brought their own tools, nails, and iron hardware it made it making their own homes easy. The homes had thatched roofs to keep out the sun. Grass and weeds were gathered from marshes to make the roof. For the walls they put sticks together called wattle. By putting clay, earth, and grass together with water they made a mortar called daub. By pressing the daub into the wattle it made a strong smooth surface. It



Cited: bible. acts 14:17. bible. hebrews 13:8. bible. psalm 23:1. bible. psalms 22:28. history. (n.d.). http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving. Retrieved from history.com. miffin, b. h. (1975). turkeys, pilgrims, and indian corn: the story of thanksgiving symbol. press, m. b. (2008). stories of the pilgrims. sales, c. &. (1995). three young pilgrims. trade, a. m. (1991). if you sailed on the mayflower. Walker, L. (2001). http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/history/first-thanksgiving/. Retrieved from national geographics kids dare to learn.

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