Thanksgiving and the encounter between Natives and Pilgrims have been portrayed in American history

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Now that you have done the reading, examine the primary resources, and watch the After the Mayflower episode, it is time to assess and synthesize what you have learned from the sources. To complete this assignment, please write an essay response (500 words) that includes a detail discussion of the sources to answer the following questions:

• What was your previous understanding/knowledge of Thanksgiving? How it compares to what you have learned about the first Thanksgiving in the sources?
• Why were the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims interested in forming an alliance in 1621?
• Why didn’t Massasoit and his people attack the Pilgrims?
• What trade items did Native peoples want from the English? Vice versa, what trade items did the English want from the Natives?
• Why did the developing relationship between the Wampanoag and Pilgrims make some Pilgrims uneasy?
• What was the outcome of the Pequot War? How did this affect the actions of Massasoit and other Indian groups in the area?
• What were the praying towns? Why did Massasoit and Philip mistrust the missionaries and their efforts?
• What were some of the causes of King Philip’s War? How did the early victories of the Native peoples in this war affect the English colonists?
• Philip’s head was left on a pole at Plymouth for two decades. What did that symbolize to the English?
• How was the Thanksgiving celebration in 1676 different than the first Thanksgiving in 1621?