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The pilgrims : 17th century

A group of people escapedEngland for Holland because the British government had little tolerance for religion.

They were called « pilgrims »

The Crossing: Autumn 1620

The Pilgrims left Plymouth, England.The ship was the Mayflower.

The captain of the ship was Christopher Jones.

There were 102 passengers and the crew.Oceanus Hopkins was

born at sea and William Button

died at sea.

The settlement:winter 1620

The Mayflower arrived in America in 1620, in the 17th century.There were not

enough houses built when winter came so many Pilgrims stayed aboard the

Mayflower.They suffered from the bitter cold and didn't have enough food so only

half survived.

The first meeting with natives : spring 1621.

The first indians arrived at the pilgrim's camp on the sixteenth of March 1621.

Their names were Squanto, Samosel and their tribe was the Wampanoag.Their leader was Massasoit.

The indians taught the pilgrims how to hunt and grow plants.

The first Thanksgiving feastGovernor William Bradford declared

a feast to give thanks to God for their first harvest .

The indians were invited to join the pilgrims for this first Thanksgiving

feast, in autumn 1621.

The menu of ThanksgivingIn 1621, they ate:-turkeys-pumpkins-vegetables-corn-sea food

Today, we eat:-turkeys-pumpkins-corns-vegetables

The Pilgrims

Clothes:A Pilgrim girl wore a petticoat,

stockings, an apron, a waistcoat, leather shoes and a linen coif on

her head. Houses:Their houses were made of wood with a straw roof. Their houses had two floors.

Food:

Pilgrim children ate food such as bread, corn, hens and eggs,

duck and fish.They drank milk from the goats at the plantation.

They ate with their hands.

Chores :Chores for Pilgrim children included gathering wood,

milking goats, picking berries and plants, caring for younger children, fetching water and

helping plant the crops. Pilgrim girls also helped with cooking and washing, they made soap

and candles.

School:Pilgrim children were taught to

by adults and had good manners. Kids served meals to their parents and spoke only when they were spoken to. In 1621, there were no school in Plimoth, so children learnt to

read and write from other adults, like parents or neighbors.

THE WAMPANOAG

Clothes:Most wampanoag clothes were made of deerskin.

They went barefoot or wore moccasins.Houses:

They lived in a wetus. It was made of saplings bent into a circular shape.

Food:They planted corns, beans, pumpkins, cucumbers and tobacco.They hunted rabbit, squirrel, turkey and deer.They also ate fish.

Chores:

Wampanoag boys helped the men harvest, fish, make bows, arrows and knives. They cut

« mishoo'n » (canoes) from tall chestnut or pine trees. The girls prepared food and made clay pots.

School:Indian children learnt to respect elder people and their ancestors.They also learnt to live in harmony with nature.At 11, boys were initiated into manhood. This rite included being taken into wilderness to survive alone for several months.