Thanksgiving vocabulary

3. a member of a strict English religious group of the 16th and 17th centuries who wanted worship to be more simple. Many Puritans moved to America in the 17th century.
5. a department store in New York City
6. to invent a method of doing something
7. one of the people who establish a colony, or who go to live in it
9. to go in a particular direction
11. to eat dinner
13. the number of people who are present at an event or in a place such as a school or church
15. grateful for something, or pleased that something unpleasant is no longer happening or did not happen
22. a Native American tribe
24. an elected official who is the political head of a state in the US
25. to eat no food or very little food for a period of time, often for religious reasons
26. to help something to increase, improve, or become more successful

1. an important product, especially a food, that people eat or use regularly
2. to advise someone very strongly about what action or attitude they should take
3. in a way expressing strong beliefs, interest or enthusiasm
4. very famous and well known, and believed to represent a particular idea
7. a series of actions intended to produce political or social change
8. a large group of related families who live in the same area and share a common language, religion, and customs
10. a battle in 1777 where the American army got a victory over the British during the War of Independence
12. a battle fought July 1-3 1863 between Union and Confederate forces in the American Civil War (1861-1865)
14. yearly
16. beginning
17. uniting people or countries so that they will work together
18. the activity of collecting plants grown for food
19. a large meal
20. the good things that something provides
21. to deal with an unpleasant or difficult situation in order to achieve something
23. a public celebration in which a large group of people move through an area, often with decorated vehicles and bands playing music
27. about to begin doing something