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1、TheFirstThanksgivingDayIn1620,asmallsailboatnamedtheMayflowerleftEnglandfortheNewWorld.TheMayflowerheadedfortheJamestowncolonyonthewarmshoreofVirginia.ItsonehundredpassengerswerethePilgrims.TheywerelookingforaplacewheretheycouldworshipGodintheirownway.
2、Becauseofstrongwindsandseverestorms,theMayflowerlostitscourse.ThebravegroupofcolonistsfinallyhadtolandatPlymouthontherockycoastofMassachusettsinDecember1620.Itwasthemiddleofthesternwinter.Terriblemonthsofstarvation,disease,anddeathwereaheadofthem.Onlyt
3、hestrongestofthePilgrimssurvivedthatwinter.Manywomengavetheirownpitifulrationstotheirchildrenanddiedforlackoffoodforthemselves.TheGovernorofthePlymouthColony,JohnCarver,diedinApril1621.Inhisplace,thePilgrimselectedWilliamBradford.Conditionsbegantoimpro
4、veinthespringof1621.Therewerewildvegetables.Therewereberriesandfruit.Fishandgamewereplentiful.Therefore,theywereabletogetenoughfreshmeatdespitetheirlackofskillorexperienceinhuntingandfishing.Thecolonists’healthimprovedwiththewarmweatherandtheirbetterdi
5、et.Inthefall,theylookedbackoverthepastyear.Theywerebothregretfulandthankful.Onlyfiftyoftheoriginalonehundredpassengersremained.Thepriceinhumanlivesandtragedyhadbeengreat.Ontheotherhand,theysawnewhopeforthefuture.Asplendidharvestwasbehindthem.Theywerere
6、adyforthesecondwinterwithconfidence.Theyhadelevencrudehousesforprotectionagainsttheseverewinter.Sevenwereforfamilies,andfourwereforcommunaluse.Bestofall,theyhadestablishedatreatyoffriendshipwiththeirIndianneighborsunderChiefMassasoitinthesummer.Thewood
7、sandforestsbecamesafe.WhentheMayflowerreturnedtoEnglandthatsummer,therewerenocolonistsaboard.Attheendoftheirfirstyearintheirnewhomes,thePilgrimswantedtocelebratewitharealholiday.GovernorBradforddecidedonDecember13,1621asthedayforgivingthankstoGod.Theco
8、lonistsfiredacannonasasaluteatdawnonthatfirstThanksgivingDay.Afterwardstheymovedtothemeetinghouseinaprocession.Thishousetooktheplaceofachurchforthem.TheretheyofferedhumblethankstoGod.Afterthereligiousceremony,agreatfeastandthreedaysofce
