The First Thanksgiving

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Across
  1. 2. The Indigenous people who lived in the region around Plymouth.
  2. 3. The Wampanoag village site where Plymouth Colony was established.
  3. 5. The ship that carried the Pilgrims across the Atlantic in 1620.
  4. 6. The ocean crossed by the Mayflower on its voyage to North America.
  5. 7. A settlement established by people in a new land.
  6. 8. A community established by people in a new place.
  7. 10. The act of staying alive despite difficult conditions.
  8. 12. A long journey, especially one made by sea.
  9. 13. An agreement made by the Mayflower passengers for governing their community.
  10. 16. A Patuxet man who served as an interpreter and helped the Plymouth settlers.
  11. 17. An Abenaki man who helped introduce the Plymouth settlers to local Indigenous people.
  12. 18. The season when many Plymouth settlers faced severe hardship after arriving.
Down
  1. 1. The gathering of crops when they are ready.
  2. 3. A common name for one of the English settlers who arrived on the Mayflower.
  3. 4. The land reached by the Mayflower before the Pilgrims settled at Plymouth.
  4. 9. The country from which the Mayflower began its voyage.
  5. 10. A leader or chief among some Indigenous peoples of the Northeast.
  6. 11. A large meal shared during a special gathering or celebration.
  7. 14. The settlement established by the Pilgrims in present-day Massachusetts.
  8. 15. A crop grown by the Wampanoag and later by the Plymouth settlers.