•THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA:
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. THE
PILGRIMS.
Christopher
Columbus was born
in Italy but lived in
Spain for a long
time.
He was a seaman and
made many sea voyages.
In 1492 the King and the Queen of
Spain gave Christopher Columbus
money and ships to go to India.
But the voyage to India was
very long and very difficult
Christopher Columbus decided
to reach India round the world.
He believed that our Planet is round
and he sailed west.
After 4 weeks sailing
his ships the Nina, the
Pinta and the Santa
Maria reached some
land.
Columbus thought it was
India. But it was not. It
was a new land, a new
continent. People called
it “the New World’’.
.
Till the end of his
life Columbus was
sure that he had
found a new way to
India.
Amerigo Vespucci
visited “the New World”
later than Columbus, but
he came to the
conclusion that it was a
new continent.
He told about his
thoughts in the letters to
friends and soon his
name appeared on the
maps: first-the southern
part of the continent,
then the norhern part got
the name “America”
But Americans remember Columbus. On the
second Monday of October they celebrate
Columbus Day with parades and parties.
So America was discovered
by Columbus in 1492. But
European people came to
the New World to develop
new territories later. Among
those who came for freedom
was a small group of English
people. They called
themselves The London
Company. They wanted to
start a new life and to have
no religious problems they
had in England.
On the 6th of September in 1620
they left England on a small ship
the Mayflower and sailed for 66
dangerous days. Later they were
called The Pilgrims.
.
On the 11th of
December they
landed. Having
found a suitable
place, they build a
village which was
later called New
Plymouth.
They called their new home
New England. But they
were not the first people to
live there.The Wampanoag
Indians were the native
there.
The Pilgrims’ first
winter was difficult.
Many of them died
because it was very
cold and they had
little food.
• The Indians helped them. They brought
vegetables and food, taught the Pilgrims
hunting, fishing and planting corn, pumpkins
and beans.
Next autumn the settlers had a great harvest.
They prepared a holiday dinner and invited the
Indians. It was the first Thanksgiving Day.
They gave thanks for their new
home, the first harvest and for
surviving during that terrible
winter.
Thanksgiving Day is the
national public holiday now.
It is celebrated on the fourth
Thursday in November with
holiday dinners and
thanksgiving cards which are
sent to everybody who has
helped you in this life.
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