The History of Thanksgiving

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Across
  1. 2. As the new president of the now free America, he proposed a couple of days of Thanksgiving.
  2. 4. The tribe from which the first Native American who visited them came from.
  3. 6. The first governor of Plymouth
  4. 9. The name of the annual Thanksgiving parade that happens in New York?
  5. 10. She started a campaign to make Thanksgiving a national holiday. 36 years later _____ made it happen in 1863
  6. 11. The first successful harvest for the Pilgrims
  7. 15. Travelers to a new land.
  8. 17. They hoped to buy land and become ____ people.
  9. 18. What weather related problem happened to the colonist for two years before the 1623 meal?
  10. 20. _____ of the 102 people who landed survived through the winter.
Down
  1. 1. The Pilgrims gave ____ for their harvest, the food, and their new friends
  2. 3. An English speaking Native American who became friends with the Pilgrims.
  3. 5. Squanto helped the Pilgrims establish an ____ with the Wampanoag
  4. 7. The passengers wanted to be able to practice their ____.
  5. 8. The name of the meal eaten during a celebration.
  6. 12. The tripped lasted ___-six days.
  7. 13. Bradford's feast lasted for how many days?
  8. 14. The first state to have an official Thanksgiving holiday in 1817
  9. 15. Where the first Thanksgiving happened.
  10. 16. The holiday was set to be honored on the ___ ___ of November.
  11. 19. The ship that brought the passengers to America.