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Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
Thanksgiving
Complete the puzzle.
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HARVESTFESTIVAL
SEPARATISTS
VEGETABLES
HARVEST
SAMOSET
ABRAHAMLINCOLN
PEPPERMINT
PURITANS
PATUXET
PNEUMONIA
KINGJAMES
OILEDCLOTH
PILGRIMS
THANKS
COMPACT
AUTUMN
MEXICO
PIE
PLYMOUTH
BREAD
ONE
DEER
GRAVY
THURSDAY

 

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2.  An expression of gratitude.
3.  The small group of people who came from England and landed in America in 1620.
4.  The first tame turkeys in America came from this country.
6.  Before the Pilgrims renamed the land, this was the name of the land that the Indians had always called it.
8.  The name that the Pilgrims called this celebration (2 words). (2 words)
9.  The children of the Pilgrims helped by bringing ________ from the garden.
12.  The name of the first Indian who came to the Pilgrims and said 'Welcome, Englishmen'.
14.  If the Pilgrims ate too much and had a stomachache, they would have a drink with _________ leaves.
15.  Thanksgiving is celebrated during the ________ season.
17.  A dessert that can be made out of pumpkin, pecan, or apples.
19.  Chief Massoit sent some of his men out to hunt and they came back with five of these.
21.  Each house that the Pilgrims lived in had this number of rooms
Across
1.  The name of location that the Pilgrims lived.
5.  This is poured over Thanksgiving turkey.
7.  This is what the windows were made from in a Pilgrim's house (2 words) (2 words)
10.  The Pilgrims were giving thanks for this at the first Thanksgiving.
11.  The name of the people, among the Pilgrims, who wanted a church all their own.
13.  The Pilgrims' agreement to establish a government was called the Mayflower ________.
16.  The name of the people, among the Pilgrims, who wanted to purify the Church of English.
17.  Many of the Pilgrims died of this during their first winter.
18.  Something made out of wheat or flour.
20.  This president signed a proclamation declaring Thanksgiving a national holiday (2 words). (2 words)
22.  The ruler of England that said everybody had to belong to the Church of English (2 words). (2 words)
23.  The day of the week that Thanksgiving is celebrated on.

 

Answer Key
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LYMOU
2T
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3P
4M
5G
RAVY
6P
7O
ILEDCLOT
8H
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LXAK
9V
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GI
10H
ARVESTEU
RCVGX
IOEEE
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11S
EPARATI
12S
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13C
OMPACTAA
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BM
EELO
15A
16P
URITANSPESU
TPSET
17P
NEUMONIAETU
IVRM
18B
REA
19D
20A
BRAHAMLINC
21O
LN
ELIN
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22K
INGJAMES
23T
HURSDAYT