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The pilgrims left great britain to escape religious persecution
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They left great britain in a small ship. Their trip on sea was very difficult and some of them died.
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They arrived on the north east of North America in December and found Plymouth
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They built small wooden houses called cabins and almost half of the pilgrims died because their living conditions were very bad
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pilgrims were not the first to live there as a tribe of Native Americans also lived in these lands
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in the spring the pilgrims and the natives became friends as they help each other and the natives taught them how to grow, feed animals and how to hunt
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the first thanksgiving was in november of 1621, and it had a great duration of 3 days, plus there were harvest for the hard work hey had done
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The first thanksgiving offical like a holiday, governor William decided to celebrate pilgrims and natives together with a dinner
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The fourth day of November is the very important American holiday called thanksgiving, schools and many stores and offices are closed for four days
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Families thank God for all the good things they have in their lives and all the good things that happened to them that year, thus celebrating Thanksgiving.