How Did Thanksgiving Start

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Do you know how Thanksgiving started? Thanksgiving started in the fall of 1621 Squanto brought the settlers and the Indians together to celebrate the first Thanksgiving after growing a successful crop. Squanto was an Indian who helped the Plymouth settlers. Plymouth was established in 1620.Another colony was established named Jamestown in 1607. Although there are many differences between the two colonies the things they have in common are, had leaders for their colony, faced hardships, and both had help from Indians. Plymouth and Jamestown, both faces many hardships, while settling in the colonies. Some of the hardships were disease, government problems, out of supplies, and starvation in the winter. These colonies had faced a ruff winter.

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