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(These are selections from a book called "Then Some Other Things
Happened", a collection of short pieces about history written by eigth
graders and compiled by Bill Lawrence, a teacher and columnist. Wording
and spelling have not been changed.)
PILGRAM INTERUPTERS
The Pilgrams were a bunch of English wonderers who wanted to worship as
they wanted to. They excaped the Church of England and came over here
because they heard that American churches were different.
The May Flower was the ship with which they came in. It didn't have a
bathroom on board so there was quite an oder. Priscillia Mullins was the
captain.
First the Pilgrams had gone to Holland but left when their children
started developing customs there. After a stopover at Williamsbug when a
large storm blew them off course they landed on a big, slimey rock in
Massatusetts. They spent the winter there.
Before they got off the ship even they drew up an agreement for the
people of Plymouth to agree on the voting for governors and congressmen.
They kept this hid in the May Flower Compact. Lord Delaware was elected
the first governor of Plymouth Rock.
A friendly Indian named Rhone Oak showed the Pilgrams how to plant corn
by putting it in the ground. Rhone Oak had been the first Indian to come
to America and always wanted a beer. He traveled around with Miles
Standy and translated language. He knew enough English to interupt.
Another interupter for the white man was Squanto, who was called that
because he was so short. Squanto drew up a declaration to give the
settlers freedom of government in the new land. The Pilgrams gave the
Indians thanks for all this and that's what started Thanksgiving.
The Pilgrams then appointed Thanksgiving as a national holiday. Abraham
Lincoln later pronounced it and gave it to them and it soon became a
national holiday all around the world.
These people always wore old shoes with a big buckel on the top of them.
The men wore pants that only came a little ways past the knees and the
girls wore funny bonets.
But if these people wouldn't had of come to America the United States
wouldn't be like it is today.
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