First thanksgiving1

First thanksgiving1

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  THE FIRST THANKSGIVING
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  A long timeago, there were a group of people called Puritans who lived in England. They had their own beliefs and ways to pray to God.
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  There was aking of England who thought everyone should go to his church. As Pilgrims did not accept, the king threatened them with going to jail.
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  The Pilgrims thenasked the king to allow them to leave the country.So the pilgrims set sail for America on a ship called the “Mayflower.”
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  The trip toAmerica was long and hard. There were storms and the ship was really crowded.
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  When they gotto America, it was winter and there were no food or houses. Many of the pilgrims died from sickness, starvation and freezing to death.
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  The Pilgrims foundsome people living in the new land. They called them Indians. They saw the Pilgrims suffering and they decided to help them.
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  They showed themhow to hunt and fish.They showed them how to grow corn and pumpkins.
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  The Indians alsohelped them build houses out of the trees.
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  When winter cameagain, the Pilgrims had plenty of food and a place to live.
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  The Pilgrims wereso happy that they began to celebrate and then invited their friends , the Indians and shared everything in a big feast.
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  The feast lastedfor a whole week and they ate turkey, fish, deer, sweet potatoes, corn and pumpkin.
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  But the firstthing they did was to say a prayer to thank God for giving them friends, food, houses and a place to live where they could go to any church they wanted.
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  Thanksgiving is stillcelebrated in all the USA territory as a remembrance of that special gathering on November 26, 1861
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  Thank you and…
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  Adapted andprepared byJORGE IGNACIO MOLINA HERNÁNDEZFundación Universitaria Luis AmigóEnglish History and Culture2010