American thanksgiving story

Early in the 17 th century a group of people called the Pilgrims wanted to reform and to purify English’s churches. As a result of their efforts, they were persecuted, so they sailed to the Netherlands also known as Holland seeking religious freedom. After 12 years in Holland where they struggled to make a living and felt threatened by the permissive Dutch society the Pilgrims decides to seek refuge in a place where they could create a society that matched their religious ideals. In exchange of seven years of work the Puritans persuaded a London stock company to finance they journey to the New World. September 1602 102 passengers set sail from Plymouth, England on a ship called Mayflower. The journey took 65 days and was filled with much difficulty. Bad storms weakened the ship and caused many leaks. Many passengers were cold and the damp for much of the journey and other were concerned that they wouldn’t ever survive. Though many were sick and one person died they did make it. Decembers 11 1602 the Pilgrims landed Plymouth Rock and began to explore the surrounding area for a suitable place to build their colony. They choose Plymouth because it had an excellent harbor and a large brook in which to catch fish to eat. While living in the Mayflower and ferrying back and forth to land, the P built their houses and barns. Construction was hindered by exceptionally heavy snow and intense cold but the settlement was completed in late March, 1621. Their success was dampened by great sorrow nearly half of their original group of died that first winter. Besides survival the Pilgrims were concerned that the Native American Indians would attack them. To their surprise an Indian named Samoset walked right into the Colony and welcomed them in broken English. Samoset was from an Indian tribe in Maine and had picked up a few English words from the fishermen who came into the harbors there. He told them also of another Indian named Squanto a native of that place who had been in England and could speak better English than he. The P used the opportunity to negotiate a peace treaty and to establish trading relations. S’s importance to the Pilgrims was enormous and it can be said that they would not have survived without his help. It was S who taught the P how to tap the maple trees for sap how to plant Indian corn and the others crops and how to tell which plants were poisonous and which could be used as medicine. As a result they had a bountiful harvest that provided food for the coming winter. The P had much to celebrate although nearly half of their people died. They had successfully built homes in the wilderness raised enough crops to keep them alive during the long coming winter and they were at peace with their Indian neighbors. It was time to give thanks. The P Governor William Bradfor proclaimed the day of thanksgiving to God for helping them survive the brutal winter. They invited Squanto and the others Indians to join them in their celebration. They came to the celebration which lasted for 3 days. Two years later the colony suffered a drought and G B ordered a day of fasting and prayer. It is reported that soon afterward it began to rain. To celebrate God’s answer to prayer November 29 was proclaimed a day of thanksgiving. This day is believed to be the beginning of the present Thanksgiving Day which is held on the 4 Thursday of November. The custom of annual th celebration held after the harvest continued but it became a national observance under the P G W (1789).

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Surrounded by…

After first world war in SW the league of nations

A poor woodcutter – taietor de lemne

We must get rid of Hansel…

Said the wife angrily…

He could not argue with his wife. He was afraid of her. He slipped out of the house. We are going deep in the forest to cut some wood.

Put it in in your pockets. He stopped every now and then and looked in to direction.

Let’s build a fire and keep warm. The fire had gone out. I dropped white stones along the way…

Make sure that they can’t get back. Hansel left behind the pieces of bread. He took the children even deeper into the forest. They fell asleep, cold and hungry. The house was made of cookies and candy. I will wait no longer. The bad witch tumbled inside the oven. Several days later, by luck, they found their house again.

Viata este doar una si trebuie traita ca atare. Nu ne mai intoarcem cu nicun moment. De ce sa pierdem timpul de pomana ?