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The pilgrims worked hard and the summer harvest was excellemt by november 1621 every one had food and a home. there was hope for the future -
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thanksgiving is a very important american festivity and it is celebrated on the fourth thursday of november however , school and many shops and offices are clossed for four days: thursday,friday,saturday and sunday -
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thanksgiving is a special day for families to be together and to thank god for averything they have. americans travel great distances to be with their families -
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the tradition started withthe pilgrims, the fouders of america. the the pilgrims left great britain in 1620to escape religious persecution -
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About one hundred men, women and children left britan on a small ship called the mayflower. their trip on sea was very difficult and some of them died -
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they arrived on the north america in december 1620 and fouded plymouth. the area was a wilderness, moreover it was almost winer and they had neither home nor food. they immediately built small wooden house called "banins" -
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Too late to cultivate crops. to make things worse, that winter was particular harsh and cold -
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They were not the only people living there. indeed when they arrived the native americans had been living in this contry for very long tie, especilly the tribe called the " wampanoags" -
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People would massacre them later, they helped them survive during that long winder. -
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Governor william bradford, the pilgrim leader. decided to celebrate with a dinner for the pilfrims and the native americams together