whats the "Real Story of Thanksgiving"?

Question

an extra credit thing...and someone already told me I was wrong about the story anyways lol. so I need a lil help

Answer 1

After one devastating year when many had died another summer was looking bad with drought. They decided to gather together to pray for rain because it was almost to late. At a time when things are usually dry or a storm the Lord sent a gentle rain that saved the crops and them. They felt compelled to then call for a day of Thanksgiving to God for granting them their request.

Answer 2

In 1621, after a hard and devastating first year in the New World the Pilgrim's fall harvest was very successful and plentiful. There was corn, fruits, vegetables, along with fish which was packed in salt, and meat that was smoke cured over fires. They found they had enough food to put away for the winter.

The Pilgrims had beaten the odds. They built homes in the wilderness, they raised enough crops to keep them alive during the long coming winter, and they were at peace with their Indian neighbors. Their Governor, William Bradford, proclaimed a day of thanksgiving that was to be shared by all the colonists and the neighboring Native American Indians.

The custom of an annually celebrated thanksgiving, held after the harvest, continued through the years. During the American Revolution (late 1770's) a day of national thanksgiving was suggested by the Continental Congress.

In 1817 New York State adopted Thanksgiving Day as an annual custom. By the middle of the 19th century many other states also celebrated a Thanksgiving Day. In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln appointed a national day of thanksgiving. Since then each president has issued a Thanksgiving Day proclamation, usually designating the fourth Thursday of each November as the holiday.

Answer 3

Algonquins came down from Canada on their traditional
hunting trip of early winter. They could not believe all the food
at the warm oceanfront of Plimoth and started making a camp
with the bonfire got really large. As they cooked and packed
the ancient recipe of smoking foods, the shy pilgrims asked
to be shown how to store food. The trip was made over to a
4 day instructional visit. Through those days the indians asked
if they would keep turkeys in a farm for eggs, and smoking.
The first sharing of knowledge and cooking together did then
become a traditional visit for many holiday hunts, helping the
pilgrims to survive and learn the native customs. This went on
to the pilgrims sending home recipes and writing early books.

Answer 4

Ohh yeah i do :) I do like your story though! Since you were young up until now you both have a connection towards eachother, its great! When i was in 7th grade, i met him at school. From the moment we laid eyes on eachother we HATED eachother! Always swore at eachother and couldn't handle being within a 10 metre distance. When 8th grade came along, he dated my mate and i decided alright i'll be nice to him, and we started talking from there, very briefly though, it progresses to 10th grade. We vaguely spoke every now and then but when we did, we were always laughing, things were always funny. Middle of 10th grade, he asked me over to his house surprisingly and i went over. We had the house to ourselves and we were in the pool talking about things, and then we had a pillow fight (cliche i know) and we ended up kissing eachother and we made things official. We were together after that for 2 years, but we broke up because we were having so many problems. We were always fighting and arguing, but everyone always told me to not give up hope, and people were telling him the same thing. We were seperated for 6 months, but a few months ago, he asked for me back, and here we are once again giving it a new start :) And the love we had for eachother never changed in the duration we were apart Sorry if its too long!

Answer 5

religious outcasts struggle in the new wilderness, turn to the aloof algonquin indians for help -- they learn to harvest maize and cultivate fruit trees and hunt turkey and deer. puritans have an annual feast and reluctantly invite (ie: placate) the natives, who find the white skins to be dirty, smelly and generally unpleasant. this tolerance is short lived, though the tradition of thanksgiving lives on

Answer 6

Pilgrims got help surviving the cold winters from the Native Americans and then the Pilgrims killed them all and took their land, the end.

Answer 7

http://www.pilgrims.net/plymouth/thanksgiving.htm