Read the text and choose the date when the Piligrims reached land after their long voyage.
On September 6th 1620, 100 people sailed from England for a better life in North America, a newly discovered land. They called this land ‘the New World’. Their ship was called the Mayflower and its captain was Christopher Jones. Bad weather made the voyage very difficult and many people became ill. After 66 days, these first ‘Pilgrims’ finally saw land. They settled in an area where they started a new town, Plymouth.
At first, life wasn’t easy for the Pilgrims, and only about half of them survived their first winter. The Native Americans who lived there taught them how to fish and hunt and grow crops, such as corn.
In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims had a big feast with all the foods from their first harvest. Every year after that, the people had a similar celebration, and this harvest feast soon became a very important American tradition called Thanksgiving.
- 11 November
- 31 October
- 16 November
- 6 November