We can't seem to hunt anything in this awful weather.
None of the seeds we have planted have grown in this sandy soil.
After a long and very rough crossing, the Pilgrims landed in New England. their first task was to build shelter before the winter set in.
The First Winter
All of my neighbors just died, what are we going to do? It's freeezing.
The Pilgrims first winter was long and cold. It lasted from the end of 1620 to the beginning of 1621.
Getting Help from Native Americans
Here you can grow pumpkins, beans, and corn.
The first winter was a tremendous hardship for the pilgrims. Many of them did not know how to hunt and they could not get crops to grow in the sandy soil.
The First Thanksgiving
Almost half of the pilgrims died due to illnesses, starvation, and the freezing temperatures.
Even I'm freezing and I'm dead!
It's so cold and I'm starving. We're almost out of food!
2 Native Americans, Squanto and Samoset, decided to help the pilgrims. They helped in the spring and they taught the pilgrims how to grow corn, beans, and pumpkins, they also showed them hoe to fish and hunt. There was peace throughout the groups.
The pilgrims decided to have a harvest celebration, better known as Thanksgiving, as a way to say 'thank you' to the Native Americans. They threw this celebration in the fall of 1621 and they marked the first Thanksgiving in history.