Thanksgiving

The Mayflower leaves England

Sep 6, 1620

Journey on the Mayflower

Storms

Oct 24, 1620

Violent storms damage the ship and blow it off course.

Land

Nov 9, 1620

The Mayflower lands at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Mayflower Compact

Nov 11, 1620

Mayflower Compact The pilgrims sign the Mayflower Compact to establish a government.

Shelter

Period: Nov 11, 1620 to Apr 5, 1621

How did the Pilgrims build their homes?The Pilgrims have to live on the Mayflower until they can build shelters. By April 5 they were able to move off of the Mayflower and it sailed back to England.

Colony

Dec 11, 1620

Daily life of a pilgrim The pilgrims establish their first colony.

New Friends

Mar 16, 1621

Squanto Two Wampanoag (Squanto and Samoset) walk into the pilgriams camp and begin to teach them how to survive in the new land.

Celebrations

Sep 19, 1621

The First Thanksgiving To celebrate their first harvest the pilgrims decide to have a feast. Massasoit, the leader of the Wampanoag, and 90 of his men attend the celebration. We are not sure when this celebration took place. We just know that it was in the Autumn of 1621.

Thanksgiving and Praise

Nov 30, 1777

General George Washington issues orders to set aside December 18, 1777 as a day of thanksgiving and praise to celebrate the victories of the American Revolution.

Thanksgiving

Aug 6, 1863

Abraham Lincoln declares the last Thursday of November to be Thanksgiving day.