更新时间:2018-11-20 13:52作者:李天扬老师
ThanksgivingbeganwiththefirstEuropeansettlersinAmerica.Theygatheredtheircrops,celebratedandgavethanksforthefood.
TraditionsaysPilgrimsettlersfromEnglandcelebratedthefirstthanksgivinginsixteentwenty-one.ThereisevidencethatsettlersinotherpartsofAmericaheldearlierthanksgivingcelebrations.ButthePilgrims'thanksgivingstoryisthemostpopular.
ThePilgrimswerereligiousdissidentswhofledoppressioninEngland.TheywentfirsttotheNetherlands.ThentheyleftthatcountrytoestablishacolonyinNorthAmerica.ThePilgrimslandedinsixteentwentyinwhatlaterbecameknownasPlymouth,Massachusetts.
TheirvoyageacrosstheAtlanticOceanwasdifficult.TheirfirstmonthsinAmericaweredifficult,too.AboutonehundredPilgrimslandedjustasautumnwasturningtowinter.Duringthecoldmonthsthatfollowed,abouthalfofthemdied.