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[|Of Plymouth Plantation] This is the Journal about the Plymouth Plantation

The First Thanksgiving

Average House on the plantation

William Bradford

__LANDING__
===The Mayflower left for The New World September 6, 1620 carrying 102 passengers. It took nearly two months to get there. During the trip one guy named John Howland was thrown overboard and had managed to be pulled back up by holding onto a rope that was in the water. Land was sighted on November 9 though they had to abandon there original landing plans due to low tides. On November 11th they landed in Province-town Harbor. But did not set foot until Sunday November 13th. ===

__THE FIRST THANKSGIVING__
===The original festival was probably held in early October 1621 and was celebrated by the 53 remaining Pilgrims and Massasoit and 90 of his men. They celebrated for three days and had a huge feast of waterfowl (ducks or geese), Wild turkey, fish and five deer that were brought over by the Native Americans. ===

**__GROWTH OF PLYMOUTH__** ====**November 1621, a year after the Pilgrims first set foot in New England a second ship arrived that was sent by the Merchant Adventures. It brought 37 more settlers along with it. The ship had arrived unexpectedly. Therefore they did not have many supplies and put strain on the resources of the colony. July 1623 another ship brought 96 more settlers. Another ship called the Mayflower brought 35 more settlers in August 1629. **====

**__RELIGION__**
====**Puritans practice Infant Baptism. The public baptism ceremony was usually performed within six months of birth. Church was not mandatory. but membership was socially vital. Puritans believed that the bible was the only source of religious teachings and that any additions made to Christianity especially with regard to church traditions had no place in christian practice.Most churches utilized two acts of sanction: Censure and Excommunication. censure was a formal reprimand for behavior that did not conform with accepted religious and social norms. Excommunication involved full removal from church membership. Marriage also considered a religious ceremony. **====

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